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A review by rosemaryandrue
The Novice's Tale by Margaret Frazer
4.0
When Lady Ermentrude comes to the St Frideswide convent to try and collect her niece, the novice Thomasine, pretty much no one is happy to see her. But apparently someone is unhappy enough to poison her and lay the blame on Thomasine.
This is an enjoyable historical mystery steeped in the rhythms of cloistered life. I liked Sister Frevisse and her pragmatic nature. The mystery was also a compelling one, though the clues were dropped in a heavy-handed enough fashion that I could easily pick up on them, even if I did not know what precisely they meant.
This is an enjoyable historical mystery steeped in the rhythms of cloistered life. I liked Sister Frevisse and her pragmatic nature. The mystery was also a compelling one, though the clues were dropped in a heavy-handed enough fashion that I could easily pick up on them, even if I did not know what precisely they meant.