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Peter Tremayne: The Subtle Serpent (USA 1999) From the Publisher: The abbey of The Salmon of the Three Wells is the perfect place for study and contemplation -- and an unlikely setting for murder. Yet on this tranquil southwest coast of Ireland, a headless female corpse has been unearthed. Now Sister Fidelma has been summoned to the secluded religious community to investigate... En route to the abbey, Fidelma encounters a Gaulish merchant ship whose cargo and crew have inexplicably disappeared -- and discovers that her beloved friend Brother Eadulf is among the missing. As she tries to determine if the abandoned ship is connected to the murder at the convent, local tensions and vicious gossip plague the investigation -- and she must navigate through a maze of sinful secrets to get to the truth... . "A TREAT FOR HISTORY BUFFS." -- Kirkus Reviews Peter Tremayne: The Subtle Serpent. Signet, ISBN: 0451195582 (October, 1999), 301 p., $6.99.
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Peter Tremayne: The Subtle Serpent (UK 1996) From the Publisher: A merchant ship is encountered under full sail on the high seas off the Irish coast. But the crew and its cargo have vanished - as if by sorcery... Whose is the body in the well? Where is the crew of the vessel? Are these bizarre events connected? And if so, who is responsible? The year is AD 666, and Sister Fidelma of Kildare, a religieuse and advocate of the Brehon law courts, is thrown into another sinister mystery full of the intrigue, danger and violence of ancient Ireland. Following a trail of clues to a host of enigmatic suspects, Fidelma slowly begins to unravel the puzzle - and its solution appears as complex as it is stunning... Peter Tremayne's other Sister Fidelma mysteries, ABSOLUTION BY MURDER, SHROUD FOR THE ARCHBISHOP and SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, are also available from Headline. 'Definitely an Ellis Peters competitor and the background detail is marvellous' -- Evening Standard Peter Tremayne: The Subtle Serpent. A Celtic Mystery. Headline, ISBN: 0747252866 (December, 1996), 339 p., £5.99.
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Peter Tremayne: The Subtle Serpent (UK 1996) From the Publisher: A merchant ship is encountered under full sail on the high seas off the Irish coast. But the crew and its cargo have vanished - as if by sorcery... Whose is the body in the well? Where is the crew of the vessel? Are these bizarre events connected? And if so, who is responsible? The year is AD 666, and Sister Fidelma of Kildare, a religieuse and advocate of the Brehon law courts of the five kingdoms of Ireland, is thrown into another sinister mystery. The intrigue, danger and violence of ancient Ireland are proved palpitatingly real as Fidelma follows a trail of clues to a host of enigmatic suspects: the autocratic Abbess Draigen who has much to hide; timid Sister Brónach, obviously escaping from something; the sly Brother Febal; and Adnár, a petty chieftain with ruthless ambition, amongst many others. As Fidelma slowly begins to unravel the puzzle, the solution appears as complex as it is stunning. THE SUBTLE SERPENT will increase Sister Fidelma's growing popularity and confirm her as one of the most fascinating and dynamic characters in today's detective fiction. Peter Tremayne is the fiction pseudonym of a well-known authority on the ancient Celts, who utilises his knowledge of the Brehon law system and 7th-Century Irish society to create a new concept in detective fiction. Sister Fidelma was first featured in short stories and this is now her fourth appearance in novel form. Peter Tremayne's previous Sister Fidelma Mysteries, ABSOLUTION BY MURDER, SHROUD FOR THE ARCHBISHOP and SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, are also available from Headline and have received the following praise: 'The Sister Fidelma stories take us into a world that only an author steeped in Celtic history could recreate so vividly - and one which no other crime novelist has explored before. Make way for a unique lady detective going where no one has gone before' -- Peter Haining Peter Tremayne: The Subtle Serpent. A Celtic Mystery. Headline, ISBN: 0747216517 (July, 1996), 339 p., £16.99.
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