A review by 1ncubus
Die Tote im Klosterbrunnen by Peter Tremayne

3.5

This may be the best historically backed book I have ever read. You really do notice that the author is actually a historian. And he does sprinkle in some random bits of information about early medieval Irland, just to show off his knowledge. I found the first two thirds of the book intriguing and mysterious. There were so many questions and I had developed quite a few theories. However many of them were crushed as we are introduced to some weird conspiracy in the last third of the book which is connected to the initial "mystery". It makes sense at the end but I was quite disappointed how the mystery was unraveled and it all felt a bit rushed. Fidelma, who "just knows things" and seems to be without flaw, just magically connects every information she obtained throughout the book and I couldn't quite understand how in the world she came to some conclusions based on so little evidence. Ultimately I was left a bit unsatisfied, but I still very much enjoyed the read.