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A review by author_d_r_oestreicher
Sendboten des Teufels by Peter Tremayne
3.0
Set in 7th-century Ireland, The Devil’s Seal by Peter Tremayne is the 25th Sister Fidelma novel. Sister Fidelma is a dalaigh (district attorney), sister to the king, and married to Eadulf (a Saxon from England). The story opens with an unexplained murder, followed by more murders and attempted murders, mysterious and seemingly unrelated. Fidelma observes, “A tangled skein can be untangled if one has patience.”
If you have the patience to read through lengthily digressions on Catholic dogma (the middle third of the book), the mysteries are solved through tortured logic that I feel has logical Fidelma rolling over in her grave. If you don’t have a strong interest in early Catholic and Irish history, you probably want to take a pass on this one.
For my book club report: http://1book42day.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-devils-seal-by-peter-tremayne.html
Check out https://amazon.com/shop/influencer-20171115075 for book recommendations.
If you have the patience to read through lengthily digressions on Catholic dogma (the middle third of the book), the mysteries are solved through tortured logic that I feel has logical Fidelma rolling over in her grave. If you don’t have a strong interest in early Catholic and Irish history, you probably want to take a pass on this one.
For my book club report: http://1book42day.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-devils-seal-by-peter-tremayne.html
Check out https://amazon.com/shop/influencer-20171115075 for book recommendations.