The Haunted Abbot (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 12), 9780747264354
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Monk murdered, abbey haunted: can Fidelma solve it before Yule?

The Haunted Abbot (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 12)

a riveting historical mystery bringing medieval ireland to life

$32.87

  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    12 March 2003

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Summary

Midnight at Aldred’s Abbey: A Sister Fidelma Mystery

As Fidelma and Brother Eadulf prepare for their return to Ireland, a cryptic summons arrives. Brother Botulf, a childhood friend of Eadulf, urgently requests their presence at Aldred’s Abbey on Yule’s eve.

Braving fierce winter storms, they arrive only to discover Botulf has been murdered. The abbey is shrouded in suspicion, and the young monk’s death is just the beginning.

A ghostly presence haunts the halls—a wom…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780747264354
ISBN-10:074726435X
Series:Sister Fidelma
Author:Peter Tremayne
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Book Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:12 March 2003
Weight:237g
Dimensions:176mm x 108mm x 28mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

HEMLOCK AT VESPERS

‘This collection is an essential canonical text for Sister Fidelma acolytes’ Publisher’s Weekly

‘Fidelma’s fans will welcome this first-ever collection, many stories of which are appearing here for the first time’ Kirkus Reviews

‘A treasure trove of small gems for historical mystery fans’ Booklist

‘A complex mesh of betrayals that also catch up the sleuth, exploiting both Fidelma’s strengths and vulnerabilities’ Kirkus Reviews

‘Beguiling’ Peterborough Evening Telegraph

ACT OF MERCY

‘wonderfully evocative’ The Times

VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

‘Tremayne’s discriminating sense of history distinguishing ever-finer conflicts…creates an equally complex mystery for history-mad readers with eyes as sharp as Fidelma’s’ Kikus Reviews

Praise for previous novels:

‘The Sister Fidelma books give the readers a rattling good yarn. But more than that, they bring vividly and viscerally to life the fascinating lost world of the Celtic Irish. I put down The Spider’s Web with a sense of satisfaction at a good story well told, but also speculating on what modern life might have been like had that civilisation survived’ Ronan Bennett

‘A heroine whom many readers will willingly follow’ Kirkus Reviews;

‘A brilliant and beguiling heroine. Immensely appealing, difficult to put down’ PUBLISHERS’ WEEKLY;

‘Definitely an Ellis Peter competitor…the background detail is marvellous’ EVENING STANDARD;

About The Author

Peter Tremayne

Peter Tremayne is the fiction pseudonym of a well-known authority on the ancient Celts, who has utilised his knowledge of the Brehon law system and 7th-Century Irish society to create a new concept in detective fiction.

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