{"product_id":"the-twice-hanged-man-priscilla-royal-9781464211058","title":"The Twice-Hanged Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAutumn, 1282\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Edward I wages a bloody conflict with Wales, Prioress Eleanor escorts her younger brother, Robert, and his wife, who is in labor, from their Marcher lands to greater safety at a Wynethorpe manor in a village just inside the English border. They are joined by Brother Thomas, the Prioress's trusted friend, and Sister Anne, who helps navigate the difficult birth and delivers a baby girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother and child may be healthy, but Death never wanders far from this beloved Prioress--whether she's home at Tyndal in Norfolk or traveling the realm. The local abbot begs her help--the village priest has been found dead and standing over him is, a reliable witness says, the ghost of Hywel, the village stonemason who was recently hanged for slaying some sleeping English soldiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBone tired, Brother Thomas questions the village hangman, who assures him that Hywel was hanged once and then, when the weight of the fat felon strung up alongside him broke the beam of the gallows, was hanged again. The experienced executioner checked all the bodily signs--Hywel was dead. But where is his grave? And what secrets are the mysterious locals keeping from the outsiders visiting their troubled home?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Priscilla Royal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1464211051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464211058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 39","brand":"Priscilla Royal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072988180735,"sku":"9781464211058","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_407d4c51-b591-4c2c-b6f7-27a1b712f532.jpg?v=1685445134","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-twice-hanged-man-priscilla-royal-9781464211058","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}