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Forsaken Soul

A Medieval Mystery

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Forsaken Soul

By: Priscilla Royal
Narrated by: Vanessa Benjamin
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 The summer of 1273 is peaceful for most of England, except in the village of Tyndal, where Martin the cooper has been poisoned at the local inn. Martin had plenty of enemies; the killer could be anyone. Prioress Eleanor grieves for her friend, the newly bereaved Crowner Ralf, and offers what help she can. But when her own problems multiply, Eleanor has good reason to regret her kindness.

Her new anchoress terrifies her servants and welcomes visitors to her window at night. One of those visitors is Brother Thomas, a man the prioress secretly loves and whose loyalty to her as head of Tyndal Priory is now suspect.

Bodies multiply. Suspects disappear. No one likes the direction the evidence is pointing, but God's justice must be rendered - even for the forsaken soul.

©2008 Priscilla Royal (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

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"Against an authentic backdrop of medieval life and lore, Royal once again brings alive characters who are true to their period yet exhibit emotions and feelings that 21st-century readers will recognize as their own." ( Publishers Weekly)
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the recording broke up at the beginning. I don't know why you have to put 15 words in a review

dodgy recording at the beginning

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This narrative had so much potential yet the narrator was so bad. Bring back the original narrator

Forsaken Soul

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Having loved the first four books, I have to admit I really struggled with this one. The change of narrator really spoils things for me - she is so slow. I had to change the audio speed to make her read at a reasonable pace.

Very little happens in this book, and the killer is pretty obvious from fairly early on.

I will keep on with the series, but hope book six returns to the form of 1-4 rather than the pain that was book six.

A dip in form

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Much better reader than previous narrator. A British accent works so much better for British books

Good reader

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The narration really ruined this book for me. At times the narrator’s accent went from fake plummy British to Australian to Northern Irish.

Good story ruined by narrator

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