Sister Frevisse mysteries | Crowley County Combined Library

1) The Novice's Tale

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UNHOLY PASSIONS AND DEMONIC DEATHS . . . In the fair autumn of Our Lord's grace 1431, the nuns of England's St. Frideswide's prepare for the simply ceremonies in which the saintly novice Thomasine will take her holy vows. But their quiet lives of beauty and prayer are thrown into chaos by the merciless arrival of Lady Ermentrude Fenner and her retinue of lusty men, sinful women, and baying hounds. The hard-drinking dowager even keeps a pet monkey...

2) The Servant's Tale

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Frazer, Margaret

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Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 2

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THE PLAY'S THE THING, TO CATCH THE CONSCIENCE OF A KILLER . . . The Christmas season brings strange guests to the medieval nunnery of St. Frideswide's when a troupe of penniless players comes knocking at the gate. They bear with them the badly mangled body of a villager, swearing they found the drunken fool lying in a ditch. But Meg, the victim's wife and a scullery maid of the cloister, thinks there are far fouler deeds afoot. As the players rehearse...

3) The Outlaw's Tale

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Frazer, Margaret

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Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 3

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ACT OF MERCY, ACT OF MURDER Leaving the safety of her nunnery walls behind, Dame Frevisse is drawn into an unholy web of treachery and deceit. Waylaid on the King's Highway by a band of outlaws, Frevisse is shocked to discover that their leader is her long-lost cousin Nicholas. When he pleads with her to help him obtain a pardon for his crimes, she finds herself trapped between the harsh edicts of the law and the mercy of her vows. But even as she...

4) The bishop's tale , Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 4

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Frazer, Margaret

5) The boy's tale , Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 5

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Frazer, Margaret

6) The murderer's tale , Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 6

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Frazer, Margaret

7) The prioress' tale , Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 7

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Frazer, Margaret

8) The maiden's tale , Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 8

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Frazer, Margaret

9) The reeve's tale , Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 9

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Frazer, Margaret

10) The squire's tale , Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 10

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Frazer, Margaret

11) The clerk's tale

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Frazer, Margaret

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Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 11

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2002.

12) The bastard's tale , Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 12

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Frazer, Margaret

13) The hunter's tale

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Frazer, Margaret

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Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 13

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[2004]

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Accompanying a nunnery pupil and her mother on their return home, medieval nun Dame Frevisse becomes caught up in dark family secrets, mystery, and murder when a family member dies under mysterious circumstances.

14) The widow's tale , Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 14

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Frazer, Margaret

15) The sempster's tale

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Frazer, Margaret

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Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 15

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2006.

16) The traitor's tale

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Frazer, Margaret

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Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 16
Dame Frevisse medieval mysteries

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2007.

17) The apostate's tale

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Frazer, Margaret

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Sister Frevisse mysteries volume 17

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2008.

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As the nuns of St. Frideswide's priory prepare for the welcome end of Lent, their peaceful expectations are overset by the sudden return of long-vanished Sister Cecely. Nine years ago she fled from the nunnery with a man. Now her lover is dead and she has come back, bringing her illegitimate son with her. She claims she is penitent, that she wants only to redeem her sin and find safe haven for the child. Neither she nor her son can be turned away,...