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BookBrowse Reviews Tyrant of the Mind: A 'country house' mystery set in a 13th century monastery.

Tyrant of the Mind
by Priscilla Royal
Paperback, Jan 2006,
252 pages.
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Comment: This is Priscilla Royal's second murder mystery set in the 13th century - and it's a true delight.  Royal continues with the characters she introduced in 'Wine of Violence' (2003) - the gutsy young prioress of Tyndal Abbey, Eleanor, and her companions, Sister Anne, a nun skilled in medicine, and Brother Thomas, an unwilling and unseemingly handsome monk with a complex past - more about which we'll undoubtedly learn in later volumes. 

The first installment was set in Tyndal, but in Tyrant of the Mind, Eleanor, Sister Anne and Brother Thomas have traveled to Eleanor's family seat on the borders of Wales where her nephew is very sick.  Before long the bodies start falling, almost as thick and fast as the snow on the ground (which prevents anyone...
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Priscilla Royal grew up in British Columbia and has a degree in world literature from San Francisco State University, where she discovered the beauty of medieval literature. Until recently, she worked for the Federal government in a variety of positions. She is a theater fan as well as reader of history, mysteries, and fiction of lesser violence. She now lives in Northern California and belongs to the California Writers Club and Sisters in Crime.

When she published her first book, Wine of Violence in late 2003, Priscilla Royal gave credit to the team at her publishers, Poisoned Pen Press, 'for making my 50-year-old dream come...
This review is from the February 3, 2006 issue of BookBrowse Recommends. Click here to go to this issue.
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