Betrayals and tragedies!
Angel in the Glass, The: (Gabriel Taverner Mystery #2)
by Alys Clare
A vagrant's body is found in an isolated hut near the small village of Tavy St Luke. Physician Gabriel Taverner and coroner Theophilus Davey rule death from natural causes. Gabriel is puzzled by various lumps on the vagrant's body but it seems leprosy is not the cause. Still, Gabriel is troubled. The more he investigates, the more troubled he becomes.
The story weaves together a group of dispirit occasions and people to make a whole. The local doctor, Gabriel and his sister, the midwife, the minister, the Coroner, a dead man with part of an astounding drawing of what seems to be an angel, a household where all is not as it seems, and what was reported as a wolf being seen in the region.
Meanwhile local boys think they have found a cache of jewels.
It's 1604 early in the reign of King James 1 of England. Attitudes to religious illuminations have lessened but the attitudes of the reformational are still feared.
This story wraps around several themes including the religious feelings of the times, women's health, betrayals, secrets--dreadful secrets of a prominent family that will come to light.
This is an independent novel but there are secrets lurking in Gabriel's sister's past that I feel newcomers would want to find out about.
An intriguing read with a fascinating collection of main characters.
A NetGalley ARC
*****
by Alys Clare
A vagrant's body is found in an isolated hut near the small village of Tavy St Luke. Physician Gabriel Taverner and coroner Theophilus Davey rule death from natural causes. Gabriel is puzzled by various lumps on the vagrant's body but it seems leprosy is not the cause. Still, Gabriel is troubled. The more he investigates, the more troubled he becomes.
The story weaves together a group of dispirit occasions and people to make a whole. The local doctor, Gabriel and his sister, the midwife, the minister, the Coroner, a dead man with part of an astounding drawing of what seems to be an angel, a household where all is not as it seems, and what was reported as a wolf being seen in the region.
Meanwhile local boys think they have found a cache of jewels.
It's 1604 early in the reign of King James 1 of England. Attitudes to religious illuminations have lessened but the attitudes of the reformational are still feared.
This story wraps around several themes including the religious feelings of the times, women's health, betrayals, secrets--dreadful secrets of a prominent family that will come to light.
This is an independent novel but there are secrets lurking in Gabriel's sister's past that I feel newcomers would want to find out about.
An intriguing read with a fascinating collection of main characters.
A NetGalley ARC
*****
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