Cover of Ashes of the Elements

Ashes of the Elements

by Alys Clare · 2000

Hawkenlye Mysteries seriesbook 2 of 16Next:The Tavern in the Morning(2000) →

+ Want to read

In this, Book II of the Hawkenlye Trilogy, the Abbess Helewise takes on another strange case with her French partner, Josse d'Acquin. A lumberjack in the Wealken forest has been found dead. The locals would have it that the mythical Forest People are to blame for his violent end. But when the Abbess Helewise steps in to investigate, she thinks a supernatural solution too easy an answer. She consults her friend Josse d'Acquin, a French soldier of fortune who has helped her many a time. He, concerned about the safety of the abbey, ventures into the forest himself, only to find in this so-called haunted wood something that terrifies even him. Now the two must reconcile superstition with their better judgement.

Genre
British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismedievalmedievalMore like thisLess of thishistorical mysteryhistorical mysteryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
medievalmedievalMore like thisLess of this12th century12th centuryMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisKentKentMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked Ashes of the Elements? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Ashes of the Elements. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Apostate's Tale Margaret Frazer · 2007 Shares mystery, historical mystery, historical fiction
  2. The Traitor of St Giles Michael Jecks · 2000 Shares mystery, historical fiction, historical mystery
  3. The Hawks of Delamere Edward Marston · 1998 Shares mystery, historical mystery, historical fiction
  4. The Wicked Winter Kate Sedley · 1995 Shares mystery, historical mystery, historical fiction
See more recommendations →

“People who read Ashes of the Elements tend to reach for these next.”

  1. The Lady Chapel Candace Robb · 1994
  2. Death of a Squire Maureen Ash · 2008
  3. The Red Velvet Turnshoe Cassandra Clark · 2009

“If you want more of the same (british mystery), start with these.”

  1. A Mortal Bane Roberta Gellis · 1999
  2. The Sticklepath Strangler Michael Jecks · 2001
  3. The Traitor's Tale Margaret Frazer · 2007
  4. The Hunter's Tale Margaret Frazer · 2004

“If it was the mystery that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Dragons of Archenfield Edward Marston · 1995
  2. The Serpents Of Harbledown Edward Marston · 1996
  3. Tyrant of the Mind Priscilla Royal · 2004
  4. The Foxes of Warwick Edward Marston · 1999

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Forest in Folklore and Mythology Alexander Porteous · 2001
  2. Priest Matthew Colville · 2010
  3. The Forest of Forever Rob Blackwell · 2015
  4. A Vision of Green L.H. Cosway · 2012

Report a problem