A Murdered Peace

✍ Scribed by Robb, Candace

• Book ID: 110307006
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 2 MB
• Series: Kate Clifford 3
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781681778624

✦ Synopsis

England still in tumult at the start of the fifteenth century, as Kate Clifford finds herself working to prove the innocence of her longtime confidante.

It is deep winter in York, 1400, the ground frozen, the short days dimmed with the smoke from countless fires, the sun, when it shines, low in the sky. It is rumored that the Epiphany Uprising, meant to relieve the realm of the Henry the usurper and return King Richard to the throne has, instead, spelled his doom. As long as Richard lives, he is a threat to Henry. So, too, the nobles behind the plot. The ringleaders have been caught, some slaughtered as they fled west by folk loyal to Henry, and the king's men now search the towns for survivors.

A perilous time, made worse for Kate Clifford by the disappearance of Berend, her cook and confidante, shortly after Christmas. Her niece saw his departure in a dream--he said he was honor bound to leave. Honor bound--to a former lord? One of the nobles who led...