Puritan

Name: Puritan
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: David Hingley
ISBN: 9781445068336

Author: David Hingley

Series: Mercia Blakewood

Narrator: Patience Tomlinson

Unabridged: 15 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Published: 02/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Following adventures she would sooner forget in the newly renamed New York, Mercia Blakewood is hopeful that she has gained the leverage with the king she needs to reclaim her family's home back in England. The breathtaking new world piques her curiosity and a burgeoning friendship with Clemency Carter, a local medicine woman, prompts Mercia to delay her return. Navigating an unknown landscape, the aftershocks still felt of revolution and restoration, and the uneasy relationship between the Puritan settlers and native Indians, proves complex. But when the virgin forests of New England are tainted by murder, Mercia will not rest until the killer is brought to justice.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

The setting in 1664 New England was the saving grace of this mystery of several killings in the new town of Meltwater in Connecticut doggedly investigated by young widowed Mercia Blackwood, a little too independent for the times. The black mark was the ludicrous denouement at a waterfall where two s......more

Goodreads review by Ross

As usual David Hingley has produced an incredibly immersive mystery. The author has obviously committed to deep research into the customs and people of the 1660s and uses real world historical figures to boost the reality of his world. If you like Ellis Peters' Cadfael series then the Mercia Blakewoo......more

Goodreads review by Rachael

Another great book in the Mercia Blakewood series. This was a brilliant example of historical crime fiction with great characters and a twisty plot. Thankfully I have Traitor ready to read as I ship Mercia and Nathan so need to know what happens with them.......more

Goodreads review by Kirsty

I think I should have read this back to back with book one. I did enjoy it though.......more