![]() ![]() 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. ![]() 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 goodne0000000000000ss and charity. It is 1157, and a young nun from Hawkenlye Abbey has been found with her throat slashed. At the heart of each novel is the magnificent Hawkenlye Abbey, a mixed community of nuns and monks under the rule of the formidable Abbess Helewise. The action takes place mainly in England, with forays into France and, sometimes, more distant locations. This series of murder mysteries is set in the late 1100s, in the reign of Richard the Lionheart. Brought up in the countryside close to where the Hawkenlye Novels are set, she went to school in Tonbridge and later studied archaeology at the University of Kent. Overview: Alys Clare is the pseudonym of a novelist with some 20 published works to her name. Alys Clare - Hawkenlye Mysteries Series (Books 1-7) ![]()
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