Since we don't have many calls coming in and two people answering them, we're doing a lot of cleaning up of old/ugly accounts. I have to say, it makes the day seem very very long.
Steve has shooting tonight. I've run the dogs (it's "mud" season), I'll have some dinner and then read before bed. That sounds lovely.
I'm currently reading BELLADONNA AT BELSTONE by Michael Jecks. This is 8th of 31 in series featuring Simon Puttock, West County bailiff, and Sir Baldwin Furnshill, ex-Templar Knight, in 1321 Devon, England. Here is a description:
It is 1321, and Lady Elizabeth of Topsham, prioress of St. Mary's, is fighting to retain her position in the face of devastating opposition. She has been accused by Sister Margherita, St. Mary's treasurer, of giving much-needed funds to the new vicar, a man she often sees alone at night. Many of the nuns are convinced that Margherita would make a better prioress—especially now that it is certain that Moll, a young nun, was murdered in her sick bed. Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, together with his old friend Simon Puttock, are summoned to investigate. There is no doubt that the threefold vows of obedience, chastity, and poverty are being broken with alarming frequency. Then, when a second nun is murdered, they find themselves facing their most difficult case yet.
It was published in 1999 and has 332 pages.
One of my very favorite authors passed away on Monday, Margaret Frazer. She wrote two series, her initial one featured Dame Frevisse, a medieval nun in Oxfordshire, England. She left that series in a happy place actually and hadn't anything new since 2008. Her spin off series featured Joliffe, a player in a band of traveling players in 15th century England and agent for the powerful Bishop Beaufort. The most recent book in this series was published in 2011. Frazer was an example of very good historical mysteries. If one is introducing the sub-genre to a reader, this would be a fine place to begin. No romance, strictly solving the crime within the confines of the times, i.e., talking to people and puzzling it out. This is a loss, indeed. Her son wrote a nice obituary on her website, www.margaretfrazer.com.
Have a good evening....
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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