The Proud Sinner

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2018 Lefty Award nominee for Best Historical Mystery Novel In the winter of 1282, snow and ice ravage East Anglia while Prioress Eleanor awaits the decision of her young maid, Gracia, found starving on the streets some years ago, whether to take vows or to leave Tyndal Priory to make her way in the world. But a far greater problem arrives a

Priscilla Royal grew up in British Columbia and earned a B.A. in World Literature at San Francisco State University, where she discovered the beauty of medieval literature. She is a theater fan as well as a reader of history, mystery, and fiction of lesser violence. When not hiding in the thirteenth century, she lives in Northern California and is a member of California Writers Club, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime.

"The Proud Sinner transports us back to medieval England as a madman stalks seven abbots stranded at Tyndal Priory by a winter storm. We feel the cold, the isolation, the frustration of the abbots, and then their fear as they begin to die. Cut off from the world, Prioress Eleanor and Brother Thomas must unmask an unusual killer. Highly suspenseful and highly recommended-Priscilla Royal's mysteries keep getting better and better." - Sharon Kay Penman, New York Times bestselling author "Royal's 13th medieval murder takes a page from The Mousetrap, forcing the detective to think outside the box imprisoning her and her suspects." - Kirkus Reviews