Middle Ages Book Review – Morality Play

Morality Play, by Barry Unsworth, is a tight taut tale of a troupe of actors in 14th century England who enter a new village and find out about the murder of a local boy. In a twist unusual to their station in the culture and their tenuous place in life, they actually...

Book Review – Backporchevations

REVIEW from Backporchervations  Absolutely fascinating!  I missed a chance to read this book earlier in the year, and am so, SO glad to have had this opportunity. I’d like to say that some of the prejudices outlined in this book set in the Dark Ages are no...

Sinful Folk: A Medieval Mystery Most Noir

***REVIEW from BOOK BABE*** I’ve read medieval mysteries characterized as medieval noir, but Sinful Folk by Ned Hayes is as noir as it gets.  The medieval villagers we meet in this novel have dark secrets, and a number of them have either committed terrible deeds, or...
Book Review from Book Ramblings

Book Review from Book Ramblings

Sinful Folk by Ned Hayes A tragic loss. A desperate journey. A mother seeks the truth. In December of 1377, four children were burned to death in a house fire. Villagers traveled hundreds of miles across England to demand justice for their children’s deaths. Sinful...
Masters of Disguise: Women Who Lived as Men

Masters of Disguise: Women Who Lived as Men

My novel SINFUL FOLK is told by a brave and relentless woman, who has lived as a man for over a decade in the Middle Ages. It’s interesting to me that some readers and reviewers have pointed out that they’ve found it a little unbelievable that a woman could live...