The Nun’s Tale

John Thoresby, Archbishop of York, has been discussing the fate of a nun who ran away from her convent with his dinner guests, one of whom is Owen Archer.  Why would she have run away, and why did she die in Beverly, at the home of Will Longford?

Eleven months later, it appears that the nun has returned from the dead!  Then who is in her grave?  When it is opened, the body seems fresh, and on top of that it is the body of a man!

Thoresby orders Archer to investigate the nun’s story.  Before he can begin his work, his wife, Lucie, is called upon to examine the nun.  However, when Owen returns home and finds out about this, he is not pleased.  However, he is unable to do much about it, as Thoresby is sending him to question the family of the nun, and he also has to take some archers to the Duke of Lancaster.

Lancaster in turn has further orders for Owen to look into the connection between the nun, and a conspiracy in France.  However, it is Owen’s wife, Lucie, who learns the nun’s secrets as she treats her both in body and mind.

Author Candace Robb has created a very twisted plot in this third mystery of the Owen Archer series.  It is a story of forbidden love, deceit and treachery that involves a bit of international intrigue.  A good read.