In plot and counter plot, Hildegard, who a reviewer called ‘a kickass medieval nun who always gets her man’ the question remains: will she forsake the Order, or forsake Abbot de Courcy? One thing is sure. Each book can be read as a stand-alone with Hildegard and a small group of monks militant headed by the ambiguous and charismatic abbot de Courcy whose stories continue in parallel with the fate of doomed King Richard II. It concludes in book 12 with DARK WATERS RISING, published in November 2022.

Starting with the first of the 12 book series, HANGMAN BLIND, published by John Murray in 2008, this is the story of Hildegard, a young widow, who chooses to join the powerful Cistercian Order and is soon embroiled in the plots and counter plots of the war-mongering barons as they attempt to control the under-age king. She is the author of a 12-book medieval mystery series featuring nun sleuth Hildegard of Meaux set during the turbulent reign of King Richard II and a trilogy ending with the coup by his cousin, later self-crowned king, Henry IV.

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