Wild Justice

A Marvelous Novel That Provides a New View on the Prioress Eleanor, Sub-Infirmarian Sister Anne and Brother Thomas

The novel starts with the three Tyndal religious traveling home after a visit with Prioress Eleanor’s Baron brother, who asked that she delivery a gift and a litter to an old dear friend, Amicia, who is the prioress of a Knights Hospitaller priory. Upon arriving, she discovers that the prioress has been found guilty of murder and is imprisoned waiting what the Knights Hospitaller prior of England will decide to her punishment. The new Prioress, the Prior and Priest of the male side of the priory seen hostile and want them to leave as soon as possible. Eleanor persuades the new Prioress to allow her to visit the imprisoned Sister Amicia. After Eleanor delivers the letter, Amicia asks her to prove her innocence but not inform the Prioress or anyone else what they are doing. Now, Eleanor must find a way to extend her stay. She succeeds by faking an injury, but the Prioress, Prior and priest make it quite difficult for her to coordinate the actions of Sister Anne and Brother Thomas. The main storyline proceeds from here. My imagination was captured immediately. I just could not stop reading.

I was fascinated to find how could Prioress Eleanor coordinate and investigate the murder without raising any suspicion while they are being actively being thwarted. It added an extra richness to the story that dovetails so well with the main storyline and provides more insight into the personalities of all three Tyndal religious.

This novel is the fourteenth in this series. I did not see anything that would be needed from the previous novels to understand and enjoy this novel thoroughly. For those who are avid readers of this series like I am, the ending was quite interesting. Not only are all the loose ends in the main storyline are tied up, but also some very interesting history into the Prioress Eleanor’s family are revealed.

For those who do not want to read novels with graphic sex, foul language, and over-the-top violence, there is absolute none in this novel. Also, unless you are quite familiar with the terms of that era, I recommend reading this novel on a kindle or with an excellent dictionary nearby. The author used many terms of that era that quite often sent me to the dictionary or Internet. This is not a negative criticism as the use of authentic medieval terms added an air of authenticity and helped me feel being in the period.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. For the first time reader or the avid reader of this series I believe you will enjoy it also. I rate this novel with five starts.

I have received a free kindle version of this novel through NetGalley from Poisoned Pen Press with a request for an honest, unbiased review. I wish to thank Poisoned Pen Press for the opportunity to read this novel early.