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Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9780451215536
ISBN number: 0451215532
Label: Signet
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Page Count: 336
Printing Date: June 07, 2005
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Journeying to visit the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Sister Fidelma and her companion Eadulf's ship is blown badly off course and the pair find themselves on the coast of the Welsh kingdom of Dyfe. Hosted by the king himself, Fidelma is presented with a mystery-an entire monastic community nearby has disappeared without a trace.
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Peter Tremayne is the fiction pseudonym of a well-known authority on the ancient Celts, who has utilised his knowledge of the Brehon law system and 7th-Century Irish society to create a new concept in detective fiction.
The Sister Fidelma novels are taking on almost cult proportions and are becoming ever more popular with each offering from the author, whose obvious knowledge of the times and subjects he writes about shines out like a beacon on the shore.
Fidelma and her friend and companion, the Saxon, Brother Eadulf are on a journey to visit the new Archbishop of Canterbury, when their ship is blown off course and they have to land on the coastline of the Welsh kingdom of Dyfed. They are given the hospitality due to them by Gwlyddien and Abbot Tryffin of the Dewi Sant Abbey and once their identities are established are asked if they could help to solve a mystery.
The entire monastic community of the Abbey, including the King's eldest son have literally vanished into thin air. Fidelma and Eadulf are soon faced with one of the baffling puzzles they have ever had to deal with.
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I gave this book a rating of 5 stars, but I didn't read it.. how can I possibly rate a book that I didn't read? I bought it as a gift for my daughter-in-law.Unless I give a rating, you don't accept my review.
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This is the 11th book in this "mystery of ancient Ireland" series featuring Sister Fidelma. As with the previous ones, it's full of interesting 7th century historical details, this time including Wales.
There are two mysteries that overlap, though perhaps not the way you'd expect: everyone in a monastery has disappeared without a trace, along with the livestock and some of the valuables; and a young woman is murdered.
Fidelma and Eadulf have been tasked by the Welsh king with solving the very first mystery but have been given strict instructions by the local authority not to interfere in the second.
While the historical details are fascinating, at times they get in the way of the story. There are also 4 characters whose names begin with the letter I, which tends to make things confusing--a pet peeve of mine. Still, the mystery is well thought out, and there are some good twists, as well as a little personal development in the protagonists' lives.
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Peter Tremayne is the worst writer I read and Smoke in the Wind is as dreadfully bad as any of his books. I read his books because the advanced social structure of 7th century Ireland is so compelling, but at the end of each book I swear I will never read another one. He has absolutely no talent as a writer beyond some intriguing plots. He writes at about the level of Young Adult fiction, but at the very low end of that category. Some of his sentences are so clumsy they should be entered into a bad writing contest. He telegraphs almost every plot development and his dialogue is as stiff and unnatural as any I have ever read. If he has developed a strong following, as is indicated by some notes in the preface of "Smoke in the Wind", then I beg his publisher to find either a superb editor for Tremayne, or better yet, a ghostwriter.
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what i enjoy tremendously about the sister fidelma series is the exploration of the people and culture of ireland. this entry in the series falls woefully short. yes, i know it is set in wales, but all the cultural/societal interactions are missing. this was a mystery set in a 2 dimensional world. i expect better from sister fidelma.
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