A Killing Season, Priscilla Royal
A Killing Season, Priscilla Royal
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A Killing Season
A Medieval Mystery

Author: Priscilla Royal

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/04/2011

Synopsis

Baron Herberts return from crusade should have been a joyous occasion. Instead, he grows increasingly morose, withdraws from his family, and refuses to share his wifes bed. When his sons begin to die in strange accidents, some ask whether Herbert harbors a dark sin for which God has cursed him. The baron suddenly sends for Sir Hugh of Wynethorpe, begging his friend to bring spiritual and secular healers but giving little explanation for the request. Worried about Herberts descent into melancholy and the tragic deaths, Sir Hugh persuades his sister, Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal Priory, to accompany him as well as a respected physician, Master Gamel. Although he is pleased when the prioress brings her healer, Sister Anne, he is dismayed to find Brother Thomas included, a man he has reason to despise. Perhaps there is a malign presence at this stormblasted castle, oddly named Doux et Dur. Tensions spark among family members and soon between those who came to help. Deaths scythe harvests more victims, and it is not long before Ecclesiastes grim words seem all too apt. But is there also a time to heal? This is the eighth in Royal's Medieval Mystery series.

About Priscilla Royal

Priscilla Royal grew up in British Columbia, earned a degree in world literature from San Francisco State University, and worked for the federal government in various positions. She is the author of the Medieval Mystery series featuring Eleanor, prioress of Tyndal, and she is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, California Writers Club, and Sisters in Crime.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judith on March 16, 2012

I’ve always enjoyed medieval mysteries. When well written, they pull me into a world distant and exotic enough to be utterly entertaining. Escape and history all in one read. Perfect. A friend recommended I read Priscilla Royal, and now I think I owe her a good lunch in return. Royal is definitely a......more

Goodreads review by Woodstock on March 24, 2025

Prioress Eleanor has accompanied her brother to the home of one of his friends, a nobleman recently returned from the Crusades, who has been acting very strangely - ignoring his wife and family and refusing to explain himself. Upon arrival, Eleanor and her company learn that two sons of the family ha......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on June 16, 2021

This is the second Prioress Eleanor novel I’ve read and the story is quite good, although I worked everything out very early. Eleanor, Thomas, and Sister Anne accompany Eleanor’s brother Sir Hugh to the castle of his best friend, Baron Herbert, Doux et Dur. Herbert has recently returned from Outreme......more

Goodreads review by Kent on September 21, 2024

An enjoyable mystery that is set in the Middle Ages and stars a prioress and her friends who arrive at a castle in time to see a mysterious death. This death is part of a series of deaths of sons of the Baron who owns the castle and has just returned from the Crusades. Since his return he has gone i......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on May 25, 2017

A friend of Prioress Eleanor's brother, Sir Hugh, has asked Hugh to bring his sister and some physical and spiritual healers to his manor. Baron Herbert has returned from the Crusades and refuses to talk to his wife and children, believing he has something terribly wrong with him. This one was prett......more

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