The local’s residents blame this heinous crime on the mythical forest people. A lumberjack working in Wealken forest is found brutally murdered. In the second books of Hawkenlye Mystery series, the Abbess Helewise takes another strange case with her native French partner Josse d’Acquin. However finding the shocking truth behind the death of the nun is far much a more dangerous ordeal. With the help of his assistant Abbess Helewise, Josse manages to filter out an array of the possible suspects, and among their precious evidence is gold rubied cross. In this first novel, the two king knights will soon unravel a web of greed, lust, and anger that is slowly drawing to the Abbey. With the assistance of Abbess Helewise, the two investigators soon find something more complicated than it ought to be.

The soon to be king thus sends out one of his soldiers the wannabe detective Josse d’Acquin to investigate. The crime seems to be the work of recently released convicts. A young newcomer nun body is found proximal to the Hawkenlye Abbey. A Shadowed Evil and The Devils Cup are the latest novels in the series published in 20 respectively.įortune Like the Moon is the first book in Hawkenlye Mystery series, and it is during the scorching summer of 1189 when King Richard is about to take over the throne. The series consists of over 15 books, Fortune like the Moon is the debut novel published in 1999, and the second book on the show Ashes of the Elements was released a year later. The Hawkenlye Mystery series features the wannabe detectives Abbess of Hawkenlye and Josse d’Acquin published by Severn House and Hodder & Stoughton.

Moreover, each novel deals with Hawkenlye Abbey, a mixed community of monks and nun serving under the rule of Abbess Helewise.Īlys Clare is the nom de plume used by Elizabeth Harris, a writer of historical novels mainly set during the medieval periods. The events mainly take place in England and sometimes extending to France and to even more distance places. Hawkenlye Mysteries is a series of murder novels set in late 1100 during the reign of Richard the Lionheart.

A Dark Night Hidden by Alys Clare