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Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 1) Peter Tremayne

Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 1) By Peter Tremayne

Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 1) by Peter Tremayne


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Summary

Peter Tremayne introduces 7th-century Irish super-sleuth Sister Fidelma in his first Celtic mystery, ABSOLUTION OF MURDER

Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 1) Summary

Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 1): The first twisty tale in a gripping Celtic mystery series by Peter Tremayne

ABSOLUTION BY MURDER is the brilliant and evocative first novel in Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma series, bringing 7th-century Ireland vividly to life.

PRAISE FOR ABSOLUTION BY MURDER: 'In the simultaneously sharp-tongued and full womanly figure of Sister Fidelma, Tremayne has created a heroine whom many readers will willingly follow. Even Brother Cadfael might have tolerated her' Kirkus Reviews

As the leading churchmen and women gather at the Synod of Whitby in 664AD to debate the rival merits of the Celtic and Roman Churches, tempers begin to fray. Conspirators plot an assassination, while mysterious, violent death stalks the shadowy cloisters of the Abbey of St Hilda. When the Abbess Etain, a leading speaker for the Celtic Church, is found murdered suspicion inevitably rests on the Roman faction.

Attending the Synod is Fidelma, of the community of St Brigid of Kildare. As an advocate of the Brehon Court, she is called on to investigate the murder with Brother Eadulf, of the Roman faction. However, the two are so unlike that their partnership is described as that of a wolf and a fox - but which is which?

More gruesome deaths follow and the friction among the clerics could end in civil war. Can the solution to the mysteries avert such a conflict?

What readers are saying about ABSOLUTION OF MURDER:

'Superb storytelling from a usually neglected era. Read this and you will certainly want to read the rest of this excellent series'

'I was transported back in time; Peter Tremayne brought the location and characters to life'

'The story moves forward with Fidelma weaving her way through to the end with skill and intelligence. Well worth reading'

About Peter Tremayne

Peter Tremayne is the fiction pseudonym of a well-known authority on the ancient Celts, who has utilised his knowledge of the Brehon law system and 7th-Century Irish society to create a new concept in detective fiction.

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GOR000938948
9780747246022
0747246025
Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 1): The first twisty tale in a gripping Celtic mystery series by Peter Tremayne
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Headline Publishing Group
19950105
288
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