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  • Absolution by Murder

  • Sister Fidelma Mysteries, Book 1
  • Written by: Peter Tremayne
  • Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
  • Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Absolution by Murder

Written by: Peter Tremayne
Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
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Publisher's Summary

Absolution by Murder is the brilliant and evocative first novel in Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma series, bringing seventh-century Ireland vividly to life.   

As the leading churchmen and women gather at the Synod of Whitby in AD 664 to debate the rival merits of the Celtic and Roman Churches, tempers begin to fray. Conspirators plot an assassination while mysterious, violent death stalks the shadowy cloisters of the Abbey of St Hilda. 

When the Abbess Etain, a leading speaker for the Celtic Church, is found murdered, suspicion inevitably rests on the Roman faction.  

Attending the Synod is Fidelma, of the community of St Brigid of Kildare. As an advocate of the Brehon Court, she is called on to investigate the murder with Brother Eadulf, of the Roman faction. However, the two are so unlike that their partnership is described as that of a wolf and a fox - but which is which? More gruesome deaths follow, and the friction among the clerics could end in civil war. Can the solution to the mysteries avert such a conflict?

©1995 Peter Tremayne (P)1995 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

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historical murder myster

performace was good. book was fine. unfortunately the plot was predictible. i knew who the killer was from the start. but still finished it and wasnt mad when i got to the end.

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Good blend of mystery and theological history

This was my first encounter with Sister Fidelma. I loved the blending of mystery and the theological history which had such an impact on Western culture to this day. The narration was very good. I look forward to more titles.

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