Review of SATANS LULLABY by Priscilla Royal
(Medieval Mystery, #11)

Priscilla Royal possesses a delightful gift for bringing to life the Medieval Era in England (with reference to Wales and France as well, in this particular novel). She draws the period in such a way as to vivify her characters (all of them) and to bring the setting gloriously to life. She also uses medieval terminology (which inspires me to find definitions and further research) and reading her Medieval Mystery series has reignited my lifelong interest in the Middle Ages.

The Medieval Mystery Series focuses on Prioress Eleanor and Brother Thomas of the Tyndal Priory near the North Sea, a dual priory (monks and nuns, separate) of the Order of Fontevraud in France. Close friends as well as Prioress and Confessor, the two are compassionate and talented individuals, and one of their talents is solving mysteries so that justice might be administered while yet tempered with mercy. In SATANS LULLABY the priest who is brother of the founder of the Order and a close advisor to the King of France arrives to investigate the Tyndal Priory, with disastrous results, including a horrible accusation and death. Constrained by his order from investigating, Prioress Eleanor must consider a way around Father Davoir's restrictions in order to free the innocent and identify the guilty.