A Shadowed Evil
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A Hawkenlye medieval mystery
February, 1212. Sir Josse d’Acquin and Helewise are summoned to Southfire Hall, where Josse’s elderly uncle, Hugh, lies dying, surrounded by his children. But the pair soon discovers that Hugh’s ill health is not the only cause of distress in the house: for Hugh’s son and heir, Herbert, has taken an unpleasant new wife, the widowed Lady Cyrille.
Josse and Helewise are distracted by the discovery of an injured young man on the road outside on the evening of their arrival, but the longer they remain in the house, the more they feel that something is very wrong. What happened to Josse’s cousin Aeleis, who no one speaks of? Where is Lady Cyrille’s small son? And why do they both feel as if the house itself is alive – and threatened by approaching evil?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fans of Clare's Hawkenlye series will enjoy the interactions between Sir Josse d'Acquin and his wife, Lady Helewise, in their solid 16th outing (after 2013's The Winter King). In February 1212, Josse and Helewise travel to his ancestral home in Sussex, Southfire Hall, to pay their respects to Josse's elderly uncle, Hugh, who's dying. The pair find the atmosphere at the hall uneasy. Helewise is discomfited by an encounter with a six-year-old boy, Olivar, who lives in mortal fear of a scaly monster under his bed. To Olivar's dismay, his unsympathetic mother, Cyrille, punishes him severely for having introduced himself to the visitors. That Hugh's heir, Herbert, who has married Cyrille, intends to adopt Olivar as his ward causes more tension. The arrival of Peter Southey, a stranger seriously injured in a fall from a horse, further darkens the mood and sets the stage for several killings. After a slow start, the action builds to a clever payoff.
