Description
Filled with murder and conspiracy, BEHOLD A PALE HORSE is the brilliant twenty-second novel in the gripping Sister Fidelma series by the internationally bestselling author Peter Tremayne.
PRAISE FOR THE SISTER FIDELMA SERIES: 'A compulsive readable whodunit fronted by one of the most reliably intriguing characters to grace the pages of the genre' Booklist
AD 664: Sister Fidelma finds herself in the seaport of Genua, en route from Rome back to her native Cashel. Her old teacher, Brother Ruadan, lies dying in the abbey of Bobium - an isolated abbey in a disturbed country where even the Christians are in bloody conflict with one another and the worship of the pagan gods often prevails. Fidelma is determined to see Brother Ruadan before he dies. But from the moment she enters the beautiful valley of the Trebbia, there is danger on every side.
Her dying teacher's last words send her off on her most dangerous adventure where murder follows murder and a vicious civil war threatens before an extraordinary conspiracy is revealed. And from the start, Fidelma is on her own...
What readers are saying about BEHOLD A PALE HORSE:
'Buy it, light the fire and resign yourself that once you start, you won't be able to set it down'
'Tremayne is one of those very few historical mystery writers who can perplex and bewilder. He weaves the twisty plots into a complex historical narrative'
'7th century hopes and fears brought to life in the 21st century. Another world comes alive'
The Sister Fidelma mysteries have achieved three million sales worldwide and sold in seventeen different languages
About the Author
Peter Tremayne is the fiction pseudonym of a well-known authority on the ancient Celts, who has utilised his knowledge of the Brehon law system and 7th-Century Irish society to create a new concept in detective fiction.
Reviews
Praise for Peter Tremayne's novels: 'Wonderfully evocative * The Times *
A brilliant and beguiling heroine. Immensely appealing, difficult to put down * Publishers Weekly *
Definitely an Ellis Peter competitor...the background detail is marvellous * Evening Standard *
Well-paced and suspenseful, sprinkled with Old Irish terms and fascinating details of early Irish life...Fidelma is a an original and complex character...An Irish heroine for both the seventh and twenty-first centuries * Books Ireland *
Book Information
ISBN 9780755377480
Author Peter Tremayne
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Headline Book Publishing
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Weight(grams) 320g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 30mm