Murder at Elmstow Minster: A Father Eadred Tale by Lindsay Jacob
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

830s A.D. Elmstow East Anglia. Hereburg is the Abbess of Elmstow, but unfortunately against her best efforts it has become a den of iniquity. So Ceolfrith ealdorman of the East Angles has be sent by the King to the minister. Meanwhile Father Eadred has been sent by Bishop Aethelbert to assess the minster and its sins. But death soon arrives. Father Eadred investigates but these will not be the last killings. But before all the guilty parties are discovered, a Mercian force approaches the minster.
An entertaining and well-wriiten historical mystery with its cast of well-drawn characters.
An ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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