Later this year, I will be publishing the sixth novel in the Lady Apollonia West Country Mysteries, King Richard’s Sword, which is set in Worcester, England, in the years, 1399-1400.
Lady Apollonia of Aust is living temporarily with her eldest son, Sir Hugh, Sheriff of Worcestershire, and his wife, Lady Gwendolyn. The sheriff is confronted by two murders in Worcester, both related to the nearby Abbey of Saint Martinminster and a secret usury scheme organised by one of its aristocratic canons. Lady Apollonia and her daughter-in-law not only find ways to interpret the feminine clues the sheriff has found but also use their female insights to suggest a likely suspect.
This story is told through many of the characters that have appeared in earlier books of the series: the Lady’s maid, Nan; Gareth, her stablemaster; her chaplain, Friar Francis; and her almoner, Father William. It also includes English subjects’ reactions to the extraordinary events of a failed King Richard II and his usurper cousin, Henry IV.
Watch my blog for further information as well as dates when the paperback and e-book versions will be available.