MAGICAL MYSTERY MIND TOUR

Another enthralling story spell, by a master magician of storytelling, mixing murky marshes, murder and mystery, into succulent well flavoured solutions.

This sequel will have you spellbound, as we travel again with Father Eadred, on his new missions to new places, with a new variety of characters. These supplement the interesting cast, that we are starting to know well. The follow-on gives us equal enjoyment, to that of the first tale.

This the second of the Father Eadred tales is well paced and travels well, maintaining tension throughout the various locations and situations. This is a most rewarding read, especially for those of us, who enjoy the thrills and spills of an exhilarating who-dunnit, set in a fascinating historical period.

Darkness has descended once again upon the mighty Kingdom of the East Angles where ruthless criminals are roaming the land destroying crops, cattle stealing and ruthlessly killing innocent men and women, a savage plague that sets neighbours against neighbours and threatens the land with chaos and mayhem....

Father Eadred is back in this gripping and truculent tale of murder, vengeance and martial violence, a Medieval fictional tapestry full of bloody twists and turns and blessed with a terrific cast of exquisitely drawn characters, an ensemble cast that performs a superbly choreographed "dance of death" at the borders of Christianity and Paganism....

An adrenaline-fueled ride brillantly plotted and relentlessly entertaining that really deserves to be discovered and enjoyed without any moderation whatsoever!
I simply can't wait for the next installment!

Many thanks to Matador and Netgalley for this terrific ARC!

A historical mystery set in the 800s AD in East Anglia where feuding families are leaving the peasants on the edge of starvation and the landscape in ruins. Father Eadred is sent out to perform a secret marriage to unite two warring families and hopefully bring peace but corruption, murder, and evil abound. Will Father Eadred be able to ferret out the culprits and return justice and peace to this area before it destroys the kingdom?

It is well written and the atmosphere was so real you could almost touch it. Old pagan religions and Catholicism vie for the hearts of the people. Sometimes it is too wordy and a bit much of theology and philosophy but the characters are well developed and the plot is multilayered with more than just a mystery. How do you bring well-being to the hearts, spirits and bodies of parishioners when they beg for help but the priests can not stop the offenders only castigate them and have them do penance but if the parties have no wish to reform, the cries of the innocent find no mercy or justice. How do you offer succor to the peasants when the nobles do not perform their duties of having court to listen to the disputes but only abuse those under them?

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

This well written book with great characters that are well developed and engaging and the storyline flows smoothly from beginning to the end.