I was recently interviewed on the release of The Viking Sword. Thanks to Leslie S. Lowe and the Historical Novel Society. It was a fun experience and really made me think!
Interview with the Historical Novel Society
Edwin of Wimborne
The Viking Sword is out now!
But was this the reason for his feeling of dread? Hard work, dead ends, great effort expended for no result–these were all in a day’s work in a case of the King’s justice. This was something else. He was conscious of a sense of foreboding, as if he was being dragged along by an inexorable Fate, ensnared in a course of events that was building to some terrible climax yet to come.
—The Viking Sword, Chapter 5
Today I’m happy to announce the publication of the second book in the Edwin of Wimborne Anglo-Saxon mystery series, The Viking Sword. This novel picks up a few months after A Council of Wolves with Edwin and Molly at home for what they incorrectly think will be a peaceful Christmas holiday.
There are several parallel mysteries in this book, two of which take place in locked rooms, and one involves a murder with a Viking sword. There are some missing treasures, an unexplained skeleton, and a kidnapping. Once again, Edwin composes some riddles as well as solving the crime. I had a lot of fun writing the story and I hope you will enjoy reading it.
The Viking Sword is available to order in paperback and ebook from most retail outlets, and you may also be able to request it from your library.
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A Council of Wolves is now available!
A Council of Wolves is now available in paperback and as an ebook from major online retailers. It’s a traditional detective story set in the time of King Alfred in Anglo-Saxon England, with kings, clues, horses and hounds, country houses, swords, spears, and Vikings!
England, AD 879. Called away from his own wedding to accompany his brother on an urgent diplomatic mission for King Alfred of Wessex, the young royal official Lord Edwin of Wimborne becomes suspicious of an “accidental” death that occurs during their stay in neighboring Mercia. As Edwin investigates, he uncovers a tangle of deadly ambitions around the Mercian kingship. Back at home, Edwin’s bride Molly becomes embroiled in events that may have far-reaching consequences as well.
Can Edwin unravel the true course of events in time to save an innocent man and foil a disastrous political plot bolstered by a band of renegade Vikings? When Molly finds the royal estate of Wimborne prey to neglect, embezzlers and seething local discontent, can she turn the tide and make it safe for King Alfred?
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Elizabeth Springer, Author 