The Angel in the Glass

3.5 stars. I enjoy this series so far and like that it comes at history from a different point of view. So in this story we see the effect on priests and villagers of having stained glass windows removed from churches; we see the rise of unpleasant disease and the long term repercussions of it; how......more

Thank you to NetGalley and Severn House Publishing for a digital galley of this novel. Author Alys Clare is one of my favorite historical mystery writers so I was pleased to read the first book in this series, Rustle of Silk, in 2017. Now Dr. Gabriel Taverner is back helping Theophilus Davey, coroner......more

I would like to thank Netgalley and Severn House for an advance copy of The Angel in the Glass, the second historical murder mystery to feature Devon based Dr Gabriel Tavener and Coroner Theophilus Davey. In the summer of 1604 Theo calls Gabe out to an unexplained death. A vagrant has apparently died......more

This mystery set in the early 1600s in the West Country highlights the changes coming about in England. The glass referred to, is stained glass windows, which were ordered to be removed and destroyed by the monarch previously. Queen Elizabeth lightened up on persecution, and her successor James 1 ha......more

Set in 1604 at a small West Country village of Tavy St. Luke, Dr. Gabriel Taverner and Coroner Theophilus Davey are called to examine the body of an unidentified vagrant found up on the edge of the moor. Although they initially concluded that he died of natural causes, but further investigations sug......more