New Bites: Malediction by Sally Spedding and Tainted Innocence by Joss Alexander
Malediction by Sally Spedding
A noir thriller set in France during the European Year Against Racism: 1997.
A group of neo-Nazis infiltrate the Catholic Church ranging from lowly priests to Archbishops. While carrying out their religious duties as upright representatives of the Church, they scheme in organizing an earth-shattering terrorist attack. At the same time, these infiltrators indulge in transgressive sexual ventures.
Sally Spedding has won many awards including the H.E. Bates Short Story Prize and the Anne Tibble Award for Poetry. Sally is the author of six highly acclaimed crime mystery novels.
Tainted Innocence by Joss Alexander
England, 1524
In Cambridge, the College of the Young Princes brings together all manner of people-with all manner of secrets. Among them is Bryony, an illiterate laundress and a stranger to the town, who lives in constant fear that her unusual upbringing and lack of friends will leave her vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft.
When Matthew Hobson, a scholar at the college, is found murdered and wrapped in linen that Bryony lost, she immediately becomes a suspect. But she is not the only one. Luke Hobson, a taciturn local tradesman who has sacrificed much for his charismatic but selfish brother, also has a motive for the murder.
With the university authorities eager to solve the crime, outsiders Bryony and Luke are forced into a wary alliance, knowing they have to track down the killer if they are to escape hanging. But can they trust in each other's innocence in order to uncover the truth?
A noir thriller set in France during the European Year Against Racism: 1997.A group of neo-Nazis infiltrate the Catholic Church ranging from lowly priests to Archbishops. While carrying out their religious duties as upright representatives of the Church, they scheme in organizing an earth-shattering terrorist attack. At the same time, these infiltrators indulge in transgressive sexual ventures.
Sally Spedding has won many awards including the H.E. Bates Short Story Prize and the Anne Tibble Award for Poetry. Sally is the author of six highly acclaimed crime mystery novels.
Tainted Innocence by Joss AlexanderEngland, 1524
In Cambridge, the College of the Young Princes brings together all manner of people-with all manner of secrets. Among them is Bryony, an illiterate laundress and a stranger to the town, who lives in constant fear that her unusual upbringing and lack of friends will leave her vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft.
When Matthew Hobson, a scholar at the college, is found murdered and wrapped in linen that Bryony lost, she immediately becomes a suspect. But she is not the only one. Luke Hobson, a taciturn local tradesman who has sacrificed much for his charismatic but selfish brother, also has a motive for the murder.
With the university authorities eager to solve the crime, outsiders Bryony and Luke are forced into a wary alliance, knowing they have to track down the killer if they are to escape hanging. But can they trust in each other's innocence in order to uncover the truth?
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