Music of the Distant Stars (Aelf Fen Medieval Mystery 3)

the New ‘lassair’ Mystery From The Author Of The ‘hawkenlye’ Books - Very Early One Summer Morning, Lassair Slips Out Of Her Fenland Village On A Deeply Personal Mission And Discovers The Body Of A Young Woman, Hidden Where It Has No Place To Be. The Girl's Identity Is Quickly Discovered But, As She Wonders Who Killed Her And Why, Lassair Swiftly Becomes mystified And Frightened. Why Did A Sweet-natured Seamstress Have To Die? Suspicion Soon Creeps Uncomfortably Close To Home; Then Another Body Is Found . . . publishers Weekly at The Start Of Clare's Engaging Third Aelf Fen Medieval Mystery Featuring Apprentice Healer Lassair (after February 2010's Mist Over The Water), Lassair Discovers A Second Body In The Grave Of Her Recently Deceased Grandmother, That Of A Pregnant Young Seamstress. Sir Alain De Villequier, A Norman Knight And The Local Justiciar, Seeks The Killer, But Lassair, With Her Mystical Powers, May Prove More Effective In Discovering Who Strangled The Girl, If Only She Can Keep Her Imagination And Her Tongue Under Control. The Charming, Compassionate Sir Alain, Lassair Learns, Had More Than A Passing Interest In The Victim. Clare Deftly Evokes The Tension Between The Norman Overlords And The Saxon Natives Of The Fens As The Former Try To Impose Both Norman Law And Religion On The Latter, Who Remain Under The Spell Of The Old Religion. The Murderer's Identity Will Surprise Most Readers. (dec.) The new Lassair mystery from the author of the Hawkenlye books

Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a young woman, hidden where it has no place to be. The girl's identity is quickly discovered but, as she wonders who killed her and why, Lassair swiftly becomes mystified and frightened. Why did a sweet natured seamstress have to die? Suspicion soon creeps uncomfortably close to home; then another body is found . . . The new 'Aelf Fen' mystery from the author of the 'Hawkenlye' books Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a young woman, hidden where it has no place to be. The girl's identity is quickly discovered but, as she wonders who killed her and why, Lassair swiftly becomes mystified and frightened. Why did a sweet-natured seamstress have to die? Suspicion soon creeps uncomfortably close to home; then another body is found... The new 'Aelf Fen' mystery from the author of the 'Hawkenlye' books Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a young woman, hidden where it has no place to be. The girl's identity is quickly discovered but, as she wonders who killed her and why, Lassair swiftly becomes mystified and frightened. Why did a sweet-natured seamstress have to die? Suspicion soon creeps uncomfortably close to home; then another body is found .. "Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a young woman, hidden where it has no place to be. The girl's identity is quickly discovered but, as she wonders who killed her and why, Lassair swiftly becomes mystified and frightened. Why did a sweet-natured seamstress have to die? Suspicion soon creeps uncomfortably close to home; then another body is found."-- provided by publisher Psychic Lassair finds the body of a young woman, and becomes involved in the search for the killer. Suspicion points to the brother of the woman who is about to become Lassair's sister-in-law!