Book Review
Apr. 18th, 2026 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariThe Devil's Door
by Sharan Newman
This is the second Catherine LeVendeur medieval mystery. Catherine is staying in the convent Paraclete before her marriage to Edgar. Alys, a local countess, is brought in one night after being found on the road, badly beaten. She is unable or unwilling to name her attacker before she dies. Catherine is then determined to find out who murdered Alys and why. This draws both her and Edgar into a web of deadly secrets and conspiracies.
This mystery was intricate and poignant, an examination of the terrible lengths people will go to conceal dark secrets. Catherine is once again very brave and clever in her methods of gaining information, this time with Edgar's assistance. I enjoyed seeing them work as a team, and the way Edgar truly appreciates Catherine's intellect and personality. I also liked the way the mystery wove in aspects of medieval life: inheritance, the disposition of property rights, and the range of attitudes towards the Jews.
by Sharan Newman
This is the second Catherine LeVendeur medieval mystery. Catherine is staying in the convent Paraclete before her marriage to Edgar. Alys, a local countess, is brought in one night after being found on the road, badly beaten. She is unable or unwilling to name her attacker before she dies. Catherine is then determined to find out who murdered Alys and why. This draws both her and Edgar into a web of deadly secrets and conspiracies.
This mystery was intricate and poignant, an examination of the terrible lengths people will go to conceal dark secrets. Catherine is once again very brave and clever in her methods of gaining information, this time with Edgar's assistance. I enjoyed seeing them work as a team, and the way Edgar truly appreciates Catherine's intellect and personality. I also liked the way the mystery wove in aspects of medieval life: inheritance, the disposition of property rights, and the range of attitudes towards the Jews.
