A Play of Piety

In harvest time of 1436, Joliffe's troupe leader falls, leaving his players to find what work they can while he recovers. Joliffe finds work in a hospital where he unfortunately has to deal with Mistress Cisily Thorncoffyn, a widow expecting to be endlessly waited on for her mostly imaginary ailments.

When patients begin mysteriously dying, Mistress Thorncoffyn loudly insists that someone is trying to kill her. With so many suspects wishing her ill, if not outright dead, Joliffe has no choice but to find out whose anger has turned to murderous hatred and whether-having missed their target-they mean to try again...

Author: Margaret Frazer
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 12/07/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.22w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9780425237090
ISBN10: 0425237095
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical
- Fiction | Thrillers | Medical
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense

About the Author
Margaret Frazer was a finalist for an Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback for both The Servant's Tale and The Prioress' Tale. The Sister Frevisse series includes The Novice's Tale, The Servant's Tale, The Outlaw's Tale, The Bishop's Tale, The Boy's Tale, The Murderer's Tale, The Prioress' Tale, The Maiden's Tale, The Reeve's Tale, and The Squire's Tale. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.