Tess Gerritsen on A Murderous Procession An impeccably researched tapestry of murder most foul. New York Daily News An exhilarating whodunit and my favorite book of the year. Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Medieval-mystery writing at its best. Dont be distracted from Normans true theme namely, the crushingly limited life choices for women - even the most highborn women - of this period. The forensic procedures are appropriately grotesque (leeches, anyone?), and the period settings run to luscious details, like a perfect pastry sculpture of the baby Jesus at a sumptuous Christmas banquet. Review Quotes Samantha Norman, completes Ariana Franklins superb Mistress of the Art of Death medieval mystery series with an appropriate homage, a story featuring mother-and-daughter sleuths. Will her training and her stubborn pursuit of the truth help her find the killer.or make her the next victim? A richly detailed, twisty thriller, Death and the Maiden is historical mystery at its finest-and a superb final episode in Ariana Franklins much-loved, much-acclaimed series. The results lead her to suspect that a monstrous predator is on the loose. When the body of one of the missing is discovered, Allie manages to examine the remains before burial. Over the past few months, several girls from the villages surrounding Ely have vanished.

A village girl has disappeared-and shes not the first. When a friend in Cambridgeshire falls ill, Allie is sent to Ely, where her path will cross with Lord Peverill, a young aristocrat who would be a most suitable match for the young healer. if they can find a man who will appreciate a woman with such unusual gifts. But the young woman is nearly twenty, and her father, Rowley, Bishop of Saint Albans, and his patron, the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, have plans to marry Allie to an influential husband. Allie is already a skilled healer, with a particular gift for treating animals. After the death of her friend and patron, King Henry II, Adelia Aguilar, Englands vaunted Mistress of the Art of Death, is living comfortably in retirement and training her daughter, Allie, to carry on her craft-sharing the practical knowledge of anatomy, forensics, and sleuthing that catches murderers. Book Synopsis Superb.an appropriate homage-Marilyn Stasio, New York Times The much-anticipated final installment in Ariana Franklins popular Mistress of the Art of Death historical mystery series, finished by the authors daughter after her death.

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