false 60864850 26729 6562988 0736646639 9780736646635 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6562988-the-devil-s-door 3.50 2 Death Comes As Epiphany, Catherine LaVendeur, an inquisitive young nun of the Middle Ages, undertakes a perilous clandestine mission for the abbess of the convent to find a noblewoman's murderer.]]> 50581 3.89 956 108 346298 3.43 47 26 Edgar sure is obsessed with beer. I know Medieval water was undrinkable, but still! 0 2009-06-26T19:29:28-07:00 941607 2009-06-26T19:29:28-07:00 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 19:13:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 21:33:02 -0700 2009 Death Comes as Epiphany. Sharan Newman's training as a historian and compendious research allows these books a breadth of subject matter. Whereas the first book was more closely concerned with the politics and practice of the medieval Catholic Church, this volume's murderous plot is squarely 'of the world' and concerns its laws and problems.

That plot was a good one: I was able to guess the central secret, but not too long before our heroine did. The villains were suitably villainous, the authorities well-meaning but not unrealistically helpful. I continue to enjoy the secondary characters and the enveloping reality of a medieval world I can smell (all too well!) and see. I really like the heroine, Catherine, and look forward to many more adventures with her.]]>