The Winter King (2013) A Shadowed Evil (2015) The Devils Cup (2017). After a slow start, the action builds to a clever payoff. Alys Clare is a pseudonym of Elizabeth Harris, author of English historical whodunnit novels. The arrival of Peter Southey, a stranger seriously injured in a fall from a horse, further darkens the mood and sets the stage for several killings.

That Hugh’s heir, Herbert, who has married Cyrille, intends to adopt Olivar as his ward causes more tension. To Olivar’s dismay, his unsympathetic mother, Cyrille, punishes him severely for having introduced himself to the visitors. Helewise is discomfited by an encounter with a six-year-old boy, Olivar, who lives in mortal fear of a scaly monster under his bed. A Shadowed Evil - A Hawkenlye mystery (Hardback) Publisher: Canongate Books ISBN: 9780727885203 Number of pages: 240 Weight: 436 g Dimensions: 224 x 145 x. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. The pair find the atmosphere at the hall uneasy. Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham have cause to celebrate: business is thriving. Read reviews and buy A Shadowed Evil - (Hawkenlye Mystery) by Alys Clare (Hardcover) at Target. In February 1212, Josse and Helewise travel to his ancestral home in Sussex, Southfire Hall, to pay their respects to Josse’s elderly uncle, Hugh, who’s dying. From the outset Alys Clare writes with such description, detail and mysticism that it is easy for the reader to immerse oneself in English rural life of years ago/5. Fans of Clare’s Hawkenlye series will enjoy the interactions between Sir Josse d’Acquin and his wife, Lady Helewise, in their solid 16th outing (after 2013’s The Winter King). A Shadowed Evil is a murder mystery with a difference, as it is set in 13th century England.

A Shadowed Evil by Alys Clare