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The Murderer's Tale (Sister Frevisse #6)
Leaving St. Frideswide to visit Minster Lovell was a welcome respite for Sister Frevisse--until murder visited the quiet manor. And though much of the household suspected a guest who was prone to violent fits, Frevisse knew too much about murder to be easily fooled.
Paperback, 230 pages
Published
August 1st 1996
by Berkley Prime Crime
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Sixth in the Sister Frevisse medieval mystery series revolving around a nun who solves crimes.
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This was a bit Agatha Christie hearkens back and centers around a truly evil person. Frazer writes this person so well that you understand how inherently evil he is and how well he covers it up so the average person doesn't see it. Just not well enough. It's mindblowing how Giles can twist and turn absolutely anything to the bad. The way he treats Edeyn is just appalling. I read this in a constan...more
My Take
This was a bit Agatha Christie hearkens back and centers around a truly evil person. Frazer writes this person so well that you understand how inherently evil he is and how well he covers it up so the average person doesn't see it. Just not well enough. It's mindblowing how Giles can twist and turn absolutely anything to the bad. The way he treats Edeyn is just appalling. I read this in a constan...more
I love the time period, setting and characters in this series, but so far only #3, The Outlaw's Tale, about Dame Frevisse's cousin, and #2, The Servant's Tale with it's connection to Frazer's other, newer and faster-paced series, Joliffe the Player; have I found worthy of more than 3*. The pace of the mystery often evolves more slowly than I would wish.
The Murderer in this book is the protagonist and thus the reader learns his motive and intentions early in the book, so the mystery becomes how...more
The Murderer in this book is the protagonist and thus the reader learns his motive and intentions early in the book, so the mystery becomes how...more
Haven’t actually read this one in English, but found it pretty comfortable going in French. Still needed to take lots of notes, but the story pulled me along nicely. There was one place where I just had to pity the translator – a plot element rested on the evildoer overhearing a conversation and, because of his guilty knowledge, misinterpreting the spoken word “soul” for “sole”, which precipitated him into actions that eventually brought him down. Unfortunately, there's just no way to convey thi...more
This was one of those books that, while interesting, simply didn’t beg me to read it. I kept finding better things to do. The bit about the demon was an interesting example of the fifteenth century diagnosis of epilepsy. Frazer departed from her usual whodunit style by telling us Giles was the bad guy right from the beginning. I thought it refreshing to know more than the amateur sleuth for once.
I love all of Margaret Frazer's mysteries -- they're like Cadfael but three hundred years later and for grown-ups. I am rereading all of the Sister Frevisse ones in order (and then I will do the Joliffe ones)... but I just found out from Wikipedia that the author DIED a month ago. Boo. I hate when beloved authors die. I wasn't done enjoying the world she created so well, sigh.
When the longtime Prioress of St. Frideswide dies and Sister Frevisse has trouble adjusting to the new prioress, she is happy to accompany Dame Clair on a pilgrimage. The new Prioress gives them a commission to fulfill while they are away and a murder occurs at the usually quiet, happy manor where they visit.
An English mystery in the 1400's. I ended up liking this book although I didn't like it at first. There was actually a plot to the story, unlike so many mysteries, and you actually get a feel for the characters and care about the outcome for them. That being said, it took the author forever to get to the murder you knew was coming. It would have been better not to read the back cover so you didn't know part of the story. If a mystery authors have plots in their stories, it is going to take longe...more
Apr 21, 2010
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Delightful. Simply delightful. I liked the narrative. I liked how sister frevisse discussed her "shortcomings." I liked the medieval setting of the book. I can't wait to read more.
Dame Frevisse #6 epilepsy
I read these books some time ago. I enjoyed the mix of historical fiction and mystery.
An enjoyable mystery the likes of Cadfael or Fidelma.
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Margaret Frazer is a pen name used at first by Mary Monica Pulver Kuhfeld and Gail Lynn Frazer writing in tandem for a series of historical medieval mysteries featuring Dame Frevisse. After the sixth novel, the works are written by Gail Frazer alone, and the name has subsequently been used exclusively by her. A second series of novels by Ms Frazer set in the same time and place feature the player/...more
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