Vale of Tears by Sarah Hawkswood

Vale of Tears by Sarah Hawkswood

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1144. When a man is found stabbed to death, he provides the link tying together several seemingly random deaths. But with a multitude of suspects, who's to blame?

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Vale of Tears by Sarah Hawkswood

A fast-paced and suspenseful medieaval mysteryApril, 1144. A body is found floating by Fladbury mill, a man who has been stabbed but not robbed. Undersheriff Hugh Bradecote, Serjeant Catchpoll and their young apprentice Walkelin discover him to be a horse dealer with a beautiful young wife who strays. Did the wife or a lover get rid of him? What link is there to a defrocked monk who was hanged for theft, and where is the horse dealer's steed?The trio must unravel the thread that ties together seemingly disparate deaths before even more people die.
`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.
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ISBN 13 9780749024048
ISBN 10 0749024046
Title Vale of Tears
Author Sarah Hawkswood
Series Bradecote And Catchpoll Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Allison & Busby
Year published 2020-04-23
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.