The Nun´S Tale

When a young nun dies of a fever in the town of Beverley, England, in the summer of 1365, she is buried quickly, for fear of the plague. The following year, the Archbishop of York isconcerned to learn that a woman who claims to be the resurrected nun is talking of relic-trading and miracles. When murder follows in her wake, Owen Archer must undertake his third case.Traveling to Leeds and Scarborough to try to unearth clues, Owen finds only a trail of corpses.

A meeting with Geoffrey Chaucer, spy for King Edward, establishes a connection withmercenary soldiers and the powerful Percy family. Meanwhile, Owen’s wife, the apothecary Lucie Wilton, pregnant with their first child, has won the mysterious woman’s confidence. But thetroubled secrets that start to emerge will endanger them all.

In the third Owen Archer mystery, the one-eyed spy and apprentice apothecary is pressed into service to investigate thedisappearance and mysterious reappearance of a nun whose tales of her time away are barely coherent. The trail will not only lead to disturbing family secrets, but to political intrigue. ThoughOwen does not relish his work, he is growing more skilled at it. Meanwhile, on the homefront, Lucie, his wife as well as master apothecary, is pregnant with their first child together.Though excited, both have their own apprehensions and their relationship continues to be lively in more ways than one. She will also try to come to terms with her father, whom she remembersonly as a distant, uncaring figure from her childhood but who is now trying to make amends and build a relationship. The political side of the mystery confused me and featured perhaps toomany characters, but I was quite drawn in to the family side of it and particularly to the recurring characters. The series manages to show dark and disturbing acts without becoming ugly