Therefore he procures the services of Adelia along with her detective companion, Simon of Naples, and her bodyguard, Mansur, an Arab, in the hope they can ferret out the actual perpetrator of these heinous crimes.Īs with many other mystery/thrillers, Adelia soon finds her own life in danger as she draws closer to solving the horrible crime of the killer of the children.Įvaluation: There are a couple of oddities about this novel.
The King, Henry II, derives significant tax income from the Jews, and does not want his monetary flow disrupted. Their deaths have been staged to appear as if they were carried out by the Jews of the town, and two prominent members of the Jewish community have already been killed by scared and angry Cambridge residents. In 1171, four young children in Cambridge have been brutally mutilated and murdered. The main one is that the herbal expert, healer, and sleuth is a female from Salerno – Adelia Aguilar – who is also, and primarily, a forensic specialist into causes of death. But there are some significant differences. Mistress of the Art of Death also takes place in the twelfth century, albeit a bit later than the Peters books. Ellis Peters, you may know, is the author of the Brother Cadfael series – mysteries that take place in the mid-twelfth century.
This absorbing suspense novel that takes place in medieval times won the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award. 'Franklin is one of the very best creators of medieval whodunits.' GUARDIAN_Readers are captivated by Relics of the Dead:'Brilliantly executed and with edge-of-your-seat suspense' *****'The history is skilfully woven into the racing story. So, he calls upon his Mistress of the Art of Death, the anatomist Adelia Aguilar, to examine the bones.īut someone doesn't want the skeletons identified - and is prepared to kill in order to prevent it. 'An exhilarating whodunit and my favourite book of the year.' TESS GERRITSEN1176- The monks of Glastonbury have discovered two skeletons buried in their graveyard - one is tall, like that of a warrior, the other small and delicate.Īre these the remains of King Arthur and Guinevere?On hearing of the discovery, King Henry II demands evidence that the legendary Arthur is dead - he needs to stop his belligerent Welsh subjects believing that their Once and Future King will return to lead them against him.
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