Alys Clare

Alys Clare aka Elizabeth Harris has written thirteen mysteries featuring the Abbess Helewise of Hawkenlye Abbey and Josse d’Acquin.

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• Fortune Like the Moon (1999)

Before travelling to England to assume the throne, Richard I decides to release all criminals from jail – to make himself popular, apparently. When a nun is brutally murdered in Kent, he sends Josse D’Acquin to help Abbess Helewise find the culprit.

• Ashes of the Elements (2000)

Just as Sir Josse returns to the area, Helewise trips over a dead body on the edge of the nearby forest, murdered under a full moon. Cue rumours of the forest folk and nightly trips into the woods by a pair of women from the abbey with secrets to hide.What is hidden in the forest that is worth killing for?

• The Tavern in the Morning (2000)
• The Chatter of the Maidens (2001)
• The Faithful Dead (2002)
• A Dark Night Hidden (2003)
• Whiter Than the Lily (2004)
• Girl in a Red Tunic (2005)
• Heart of Ice (2006)
• The Enchanter’s Forest (2007)
• The Paths of the Air (2008)
• The Joys of My Life (2009)
• The Rose of the World (2011)