Cover of Suffer Little Children

Suffer Little Children

Book 3 of the Sister Fidelma series

In A.D. 644, a respected scholar of the Celtic Church is murdered during a visit to the Irish Kingdom of Muman. The kingdom's ruler summons Sister Fidelma to solve the brutal murder, but her time is limited. The victim, as it turns out, was a comrade of the arrogant King of Fearna, who threatens war over the suspicious death of his friend But during her inquiries, Sister Fidelma comes to realize that there is more at hand than what appears, and finds her own life caught in the balance!

Genre
british mysterymysteryhistorical fictionmedievalhistorical mystery
Themes
women
Setting
medievalirelandengland
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Suffer Little Children? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Suffer Little Children. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. A Wicked Deed Shares mystery, historical fiction, historical mystery
  2. My Lady Judge Shares mystery, historical fiction, historical mystery
  3. A Tapestry of Murders Shares mystery, historical fiction, historical mystery
  4. Sacrifice Shares mystery, historical fiction, historical mystery

“People who read Suffer Little Children tend to reach for these next.”

  1. The Plymouth Cloak
  2. The Bishop's Tale
  3. The Doublet Affair
  4. The Lady Chapel

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

  1. The Wildcats of Exeter
  2. The Abbot's Gibbet
  3. Shroud of Dishonour
  4. A Maiden Weeping

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

  1. A Shocking Assassination
  2. The Apothecary Rose
  3. Death on the Holy Mountain
  4. A Secret and Unlawful Killing

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

  1. Beneath the Stone Forest
  2. Allies & Assassins
  3. Crystal Kingdom
  4. JSA, Vol. 10: Black Vengeance