Felicity Howard, a young American studying for the Anglican priesthood at the College of the Transfiguration in Yorkshire, is devastated when she finds her beloved Fr. Dominic brutally murdered and Fr. Antony, her church history lecturer, soaked in his blood.
A Very Private Grave is a contemporary novel with a thoroughly modern heroine who must learn some ageless truths in order to solve the mystery and save her own life as she and Fr. Antony flee a murderer and follow clues that take them to out-of-the way sites in northern England and southern Scotland. The narrative mixes detection, intellectual puzzles, spiritual aspiration, romance, and the solving of clues ancient and modern.
“With a bludgeoned body in Chapter 1, and a pair of intrepid amateur sleuths, A Very Private Grave qualifies as a traditional mystery. But this is no mere formulaic whodunit: it is a Knickerbocker Glory of a thriller. At its centre is a sweeping, page-turning quest – in the steps of St. Cuthbert – through the atmospherically-depicted North of England, served up with dollops of Church history and lashings of romance. In this novel, Donna Fletcher Crow has created her own niche within the genre of clerical mysteries.” – Kate Charles, author of Deep Waters
Donna and her husband have 4 adult children and 10 grandchildren. She is an enthusiastic gardener and tea-drinker. To see the book video, to order A Very Private Grave, or to see pictures from Donna’s research trips, visit her Web site
4 comments:
Dear Maryann, I'm so excited for my very first interview tomorrow. Donna usually does all the talking about me--like I'm not even in the room--you know how writers are. At last i get to speak for myself.
See you tomorrow,
Felicity
Oh, Felicity, I can see already that Donna will have to keep you on a short leash tomorrow. Don't you know who is boss here?
Sounds really interesting. I'd love to go to Scotland...
Of course *I* know, Maryann. It's Donna who doesn't understand.
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