And here we go again. Although it's a "short" week with Wednesday being a holiday.
Tonight, we'll probably watch Street Outlaws and go to bed early. Fireworks are starting to be set off and going late. It started for reals Saturday night. It's going to be a tired week.
I finished a book I'd started many months ago. THE FAITHFUL DEAD by Alys Clare. 5th of 17 in series featuring Abbess Helewise and Sir Josse d’Acquin, a French knight, at the Hawkenlye Abbey in England during the 12th century.
An elderly pilgrim dies in Hawkenlye Vale. It is nothing suspicious, for he was gravely ill when he arrived. Meanwhile, Josse d’Acquin has a visit from Prince John, seeking news of a stranger, Galbertius Sidonius. Hurrying to Hawkenlye Abbey to enlist the help of Abbess Helewise, Josse finds she has a problem of her own—a decomposing body has been discovered, naked and killed by an expert hand. When Josse’s brother, Yves, arrives, the three are hurled into a mystery with roots that reach back further than the Second Crusade.
I think I'm about to start an ARC via Netgalley. A MURDER BY ANY NAME by Suzanne M. Wolfe. 1st of a new Elizabethan series.
The court of Elizabeth I is no stranger to plotting and intrigue, but the royal retinue is thrown into chaos when the Queen’s youngest and sweetest lady-in-waiting is murdered, her body left on the high altar of the Chapel Royal in Whitehall Palace. Solving the murder will require the cunning and savvy possessed by only one man. Enter Nicholas Holt, younger brother of the Earl of Blackwell—spy, rake, and owner of the infamous Black Sheep tavern in the seedy district of Bankside. Nick quickly learns that working for the Queen is a mixed blessing. Elizabeth—salty-tongued, vain, and fiercely intelligent—can, with a glance, either reward Nick with a purse of gold or have his head forcibly removed. When a second lady-in-waiting is slain at Whitehall, the court once again reels with shock and dismay. On the trail of a diabolical killer, Nick and his faithful sidekick—an enormous Irish Wolfhound named Hector—are treading on treacherous ground, and only the killer’s head on a platter can keep them in the Queen’s good graces.
Publishing October 2018; 336 pages.
It's also going to be in the 90s later this week. The fun continues.
Have a good day
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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