However, the two are so unlike that their partnership is described as that of a wolf and a fox – but which is which? As an advocate of the Brehon Court, she is called on to investigate the murder with Brother Eadulf, of the Roman faction. When the Abbess Étain, a leading speaker for the Celtic Church, is found murdered suspicion inevitably rests on the Roman faction.Īttending the Synod is Fidelma, of the community of St Brigid of Kildare. Conspirators plot assassination, while mysterious, violent death stalks the shadowy cloisters of the Abbey of St Hilda. 3 / 5Īs the leading churchmen and women gather at the Synod of Whitby in 664 AD to debate the rival merits of the Celtic and Roman Churches, tempers begin to fray. I will happily read more from this series. Quick Review Full of historical detail and drama, Absolution by Murder is an interesting mystery and Sister Fidelma, an interesting main character. 'The story moves forward with Fidelma weaving her way through to the end with skill and intelligence.Absolution by Murder is the first book in the Sister Fidelma Mysteries by Peter Tremayne. 'I was transported back in time Peter Tremayne brought the location and characters to life' Read this and you will certainly want to read the rest of this excellent series' 'Superb storytelling from a usually neglected era. What readers are saying about ABSOLUTION OF MURDER:

Can the solution to the mysteries avert such a conflict? More gruesome deaths follow and the friction among the clerics could end in civil war. However, the two are so unlike that their partnership is described as that of a wolf and a fox - but which is which? When the Abbess Etain, a leading speaker for the Celtic Church, is found murdered suspicion inevitably rests on the Roman faction.Īttending the Synod is Fidelma, of the community of St Brigid of Kildare. Conspirators plot an assassination, while mysterious, violent death stalks the shadowy cloisters of the Abbey of St Hilda.

Even Brother Cadfael might have tolerated her' Kirkus ReviewsĪs the leading churchmen and women gather at the Synod of Whitby in 664AD to debate the rival merits of the Celtic and Roman Churches, tempers begin to fray. PRAISE FOR ABSOLUTION BY MURDER: 'In the simultaneously sharp-tongued and full womanly figure of Sister Fidelma, Tremayne has created a heroine whom many readers will willingly follow. ABSOLUTION BY MURDER is the brilliant and evocative first novel in Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma series, bringing 7th-century Ireland vividly to life.

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