The Case of the Spotted Tailor, Anna Castle
The Case of the Spotted Tailor, Anna Castle
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The Case of the Spotted Tailor

Author: Anna Castle

Narrator: Jill Smith

Unabridged: 3 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Anna Castle

Published: 06/21/2020


Synopsis

Welcome to Ayreford in 1591, where cats can talk and fairies are real.Jane Moone leaves her thriving practice as a cunning woman in London to return to Ayreford to care for her aging father Amias. She's scarcely settled in when her only client's husband is murdered. The tailor is found in his workshop covered in red spots with a bottle of tonic from Moone's apothecary near at hand. A rival cunning man accuses Amias of poisoning him and the old man is arrested.Jane knows her father is innocent. She joins forces with a handsome barrister to study the scene. They find evidence to support Amias, but each item is altered when a blackbird sings. That bird has been following them everywhere. Then things turn even more peculiar. Amias's ginger cat gives Jane wise counsel, a frog-pond fairy claims to know her long-lost mother, and a hedge witch shows Jane how to stop the malevolent fairy behind all the glamors.Either Jane is caught in a very strange dream, or Ayreford is thickly inhabited by the Fair Folk. Either way, Jane must do whatever she can, however bizarre, to save her father from hanging. Then she'll get the truth from him - or possibly his cat.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosanne

When cunning woman Jane Moone offers a tonic to a tailor’s wife to encourage romance in her marriage, it’s not long before the tailor is found covered with spots…and decidedly dead. Jane’s apothecary father is accused of the murder by the rival cunning man of Ayreford, Roger Quirk. Jane discovers th......more

Slow to start, which is a shame, because it's such a short book. This is set in the 16th century, London. Jane Moone moves back to help her aging father with his apothecary shop. However, her client's husband is found murdered and the herbal treatment purchased from the apothecary shop is to blame.......more

Goodreads review by Carol

A delightful mystery with faeries, witches 🧙‍♀️ , a frog 🐸 who can become anyone or anything and more. This was a cute story with fairy tale endings. Jane has studied at her fathers knee til she went to London for nine more years of study to be an Herbalist/Apothecary like her father. The mystery is......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Very enjoyable tale I’ve enjoyed other books from this author, & look forward to the next volume in this series. The story unwinds very nicely & provided a fascinating glimpse of a period in time when science, superstition, & fantasy collide in a mesmerizing & slightly disorienting fashion. My only c......more