Clark Cassandra - The Hour Of The Fox - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Introducing reluctant spy and friar - sleuth Brother Rodric Chandler in the first of a brand - new medieval mystery series. London. July 1399. As rumours spread that his ambitious cousin Henry Bolingbroke has returned from exile in France King Richard's grip on the English throne grows ever more precarious. Meanwhile the body of a young woman is discovered at Dowgate sluice. When it's established that the dead woman was a novice from nearby Barking Abbey the coroner calls in his friend Brother Chandler to investigate. Who would cut the throat of a young nun and throw her remains in the river? And what was she doing outside the confines of the priory in the first place? Secretly acting as a spy for Henry Bolingbroke Chandler is torn by conflicting loyalties and agonising self - doubt. As the king's cousin marches towards Wales and England teeters on the brink of civil war Chandler's investigations will draw him into affairs of state - and endanger not only himself but all those around him.
Title: The Hour Of The Fox
Author(s): Clark Cassandra
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781780296869
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 2/23/2021
Series: A Brother Chandler Mystery
Category: Historical Mysteries