The Monastery Murders

This 2nd volume of the delightful "Stanton & Barling" series is another fantastic mystery from the wonderful Irish author, E.M. Powell. At the back of the book you'll find a Historical Note, where the historical details concerning this superb mystery are wonderfully explained by the author, and not t......more

BLURB Their lives are ones of quiet contemplation—and brutal murder. Christmas Eve, 1176. Brother Maurice, monk of Fairmore Abbey, awaits the night prayer bell. But there is only silence. Cursing his fellow brother Cuthbert’s idleness, he seeks him out—and in the darkness, finds him brutally murdered.......more

The second outing for the talented detective team of Aelred Barling, royal clerk to Henry II, and his assistant Hugo Stanton is full of chilling atmosphere, both literal and figurative. At the request of Ranulf de Glanville, Justiciar of England in 1177 AD, both are sent north from London, a ten day......more

'The prospect of his own death did not cause him any woe, though he hastened towards it daily. For when it came he would sleep. Sleep properly.' The second book with Stanton and Barling was just as brilliant as the first. Highly reminiscent of C.J Sansoms Dissolution. There seems to be some huge relat......more