Ashes of the Elements (Hawkenlye Mystery Trilogy)

In this, Book II of the Hawkenlye Trilogy, the Abbess Helewise takes on another strange case with her French partner, Josse d'Acquin. A lumberjack in the Wealken forest has been found dead. The locals would have it that the mythical Forest People are to blame for his violent end. But when the Abbess Helewise steps in to investigate, she thinks a supernatural solution too easy an answer. She consults her friend Josse d'Acquin, a French soldier of fortune who has helped her many a time. He, concerned about the safety of the abbey, ventures into the forest himself, only to find in this so-called haunted wood something that terrifies even him. Now the two must reconcile superstition with their better judgement.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Clare, Alys

Mystery

St. Martin's Minotaur

In the wake of a young nun's death in 1157 rural Kent, soldier-of-fortune Josse d'Acquin sets out to protect the reputation of the king, who had released the prime suspect, and is aided by the Abbess of Hawkenlye in uncovering secrets surrounding the convent.

Fortune Like the Moon (A Hawkenlye Mystery)

Minotaur Books

At the end of a dark and dreary market day, Goody Anne's inn at Tonbridge is finally settling down for the night. But while Anne's serving maid and boy finish up their chores, a man lies dying in the guest chamber-poisoned by a piece of pie made by Goody Anne herself. Josse d'Acquin, a knight with a knack for solving mysteries, is troubled by the news of the stranger's death. Josse has been a regular visitor to Goody Anne's, and he hates to think that Anne-or her fine cooking-has fallen suspect. He rides off to the scene of the crime and starts his own investigation. When Josse discovers wolf's bane in the remnants of the pie, he knows that someone must have tampered with Anne's cooking. And when he learns that a charming, handsome nobleman ordered a piece of that very pie, Josse is convinced that the poison was meant for this upper-class guest, and not for the poor stranger who died alone in Anne's guest chamber. After failing to persuade the Sheriff that the death was suspicious, Josse turns to his old friend, the formidable Abbess Helewise. Weakened from a severe bout of fever, the Abbess nonetheless provides a thread of common sense as Josse follows the trail of murder into the ancient, mysterious Wealden Forest, and finds something there that will change his life forever . . . .

The Tavern in the Morning (Hawkenlye Mystery Trilogy)

It is 1157, and a young nun from Hawkenlye Abbey has been found with her throat slashed. The people of rural Kent are quick to jump to conclusions: Surely the murderer must be one of the felons released by the new king, Richard Plantagenet, as a sign of his goodness and charity. When King Richard dispatches a soldier of fortune, Josse d'Acquin, to investigate the shockingly brutal crime, Josse understands that his true mission is to absolve the king from blame. But neither the king nor Josse has reckoned with the one person who is determined to find the truth at all costs--the remarkable Abbess of Hawkenlye, who ultimately joins with Josse to uncover the menace lurking behind the orderly facade of life in the convent and the surrounding manors. Fortune Like the Moon not only recreates the violence and beauty of medieval times but introduces a truly wonderful new pair of detectives.

Fortune Like the Moon

St Martins Pr

This is the first title in a series of mysteries, set around the Great Forest in the Weald of Kent. When a young nun is found murdered, King Richard employs an old colleague, Josse d'Acquin, to find the killer. Who could have wanted to kill this innocent young novice, and, more worringly, why?

Fortune Like the Moon (Hawkenlye Mystery)

Hodder&Stoughton Canada

Shortly before his unexpected coronation, King Richard passed a law letting all of England's prisoners go free. Shortly afterwards, a young nun is found gruesomely murdered. Richard swiftly employs an old military colleague of his, Josse d'Acquin, to unravel this hideous mystery. Josse goes to Hawkenlye Abbey to find out the answers to these questions, and together with Abbess Helewise, they must find the murderer quickly, or they'll have the King of England to answer to.

Fortune Like the Moon (Hawkenlye Mysteries)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Hodder&Stoughton

A grove of huge oak trees in the Wealden forest is felled, and, as if some ancient curse is being brought alive, the man who wielded the axe meets with a violent end. The Sheriff claims the Forest People did it, but Abbess Helewise believes a supernatural solution is too easy an answer.

Ashes of the Elements (Hawkenlye Mystery)

Hodder & Soughton

A grove of huge oak trees in the Wealden forest is felled. And, as if some ancient curse is being unleashed, the man who wielded the axe meets with a violent end. Abbess Helewise teams up with Josse d'Acquin to discover what really lies inside the darkness of the ancient forest.

Ashes of the Elements (Hawkenlye Mysteries)

A man from London has taken over the tavern on the main London to Hastings highway to the south of Tonbridge. He is not what he appears, and his arrival ushers in a sequence of apparently unrelated but disturbing events, whose escalating violence culminates in murder.

The Tavern in the Morning (Hawkenlye Mysteries)

British & Irish

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Ashes of the Elements (Hawkenlye Mystery Trilogy)

Fortune Like the Moon (A Hawkenlye Mystery)

The Tavern in the Morning (Hawkenlye Mystery Trilogy)

Fortune Like the Moon

Ashes of the Elements (Hawkenlye Mystery Trilogy)

Fortune Like the Moon (Hawkenlye Mystery)

Fortune Like the Moon (Hawkenlye Mysteries)

Ashes of the Elements (Hawkenlye Mystery)

Ashes of the Elements (Hawkenlye Mysteries)

The Tavern in the Morning (Hawkenlye Mysteries)