Vale of Tears
By (Author) Sarah Hawkswood
5
Allison & Busby
Allison & Busby
16th June 2020
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
April 1144. A body is found floating in Fladbury mill leat, a man in green who has been stabbed but not robbed. The lord sheriff's trio discover him to be an Evesham horse dealer, who has a beautiful young wife who 'strays'. Did the wife or one of her lovers get rid of him What is the connection with the lord of Harvington, who wed the man's sister, and how did that lady meet her death What connection is there with the defrocked monk who worked on some leases for the lord and was hanged for theft, and where is the horse dealers' horse The trio have to work seamlessly together to unravel the thread that links seemingly disparate deaths before even more people die, and in the process keep Walkelin from the noose.
`Hawkswood leaves the reader guessing to the well-written end' Historical Novels Review
Sarah Hawkswood describes herself as a 'wordsmith' who is only really happy when writing. She read Modern History at Oxford and first published a non-fiction book on the Royal Marines in the First World War before moving on to medieval mysteries set in Worcestershire.