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The Abbot's Agreement

Mel Starr

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English
Lion Fiction
01 November 2014
"A new and disturbing puzzle for the medieval surgeon-turned-sleuth. My life would have been more tranquil in the days after Martinmas had I not seen the crows. Whatever it was that the crows had found lay in the dappled shadow of the bare limbs of the oak, so I was nearly upon the thing before I recognized what the crows were feasting upon. The corpse wore black."" Master Hugh is making his way towards Oxford when he discovers the young Benedictine - a fresh body, barefoot - not half a mile from the nearby abbey. The abbey's novice master confirms the boy's identity: John, one of three novices. But he had gone missing four days previously, and his corpse is fresh. There has been plague in the area, but this was not the cause of death: the lad has been stabbed in the back. To Hugh's sinking heart, the abbot has a commission for him ..."

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Imprint:   Lion Fiction
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   1st New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   249g
ISBN:   9781782641094
ISBN 10:   1782641092
Series:   The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mel Starr was born and grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating with a MA in history from Western Michigan University in 1970, he taught history in Michigan public schools for thirty-nine years, thirty-five of those in Portage, MI, where he retired in 2003 as chairman of the social studies department of Portage Northern High School. Mel and his wife, Susan, have two daughters and seven grandchildren.

Reviews for The Abbot's Agreement

“Hugh de Singleton is a delight… the well-crafted plot, the excellent period detail and the flashes of humour.” -- Donna Fletcher Crow, author of The Monastery Murders “Dances along, taking you with it all the way… exciting mystery, delightful historical detail – a tale well told. I loved it.” -- Penelope Wilcock, author of The Hawk and the Dove trilogy


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