Cruel as the Grave

By Sharon Kay Penman

Categories: History, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

In Sharon Kay Penman's second medieval mystery, published in 1998, Justin de Quincy, now an agent for Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, investigates the murder of a young woman found in a London churchyard in 1193. Prince John is rebelling against his imprisoned brother King Richard, and the case draws Justin into the struggle for the throne as he searches for the truth behind the killing.

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• Hillary Clinton: “I've recently discovered the historical novels by Sharon K. Penman. I'm reading her series about King Henry and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Very interesting, not only well done, but really engrossing.”