The Monastery
Murders Series

Book 2: A Darkly Hidden Truth

Felicity can't possibly help Father Antony find the valuable missing icon. She's off to become a nun. And then her impossible mother turns up unexpectedly. And a good friend turns up murdered...

Breathtaking chase scenes, mystical worship services, dashes through remote water-logged landscapes, the wisdom of ancient holy women, and the arcane rites of The Knights Hospitaller keep the pages turning. Will Felicity choose the veil - or Antony?

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Book 1: A Very Private Grave

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 Father Dominic bludgeoned to death and Father 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 ancient truths in order to solve the mystery and save her own life as she and Father Antony flee a murderer and follow clues that take them to out-of-the way sites in northern England and southern Scotland. The narrative skillfully mixes detection, intellectual puzzles, spiritual aspiration, romance, and the solving of clues ancient and modern.

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About the Author

Donna Fletcher Crow is an author of historical novels including the epic Glastonbury, A Novel of Christian England, which was awarded First Place in Historical Fiction by the National Federation of Press Women.

Donna lives and writes in Boise, Idaho. Her newest book, A Darkly Hidden Truth, will be released in 2011.

DARKLY HIDDEN TRUTH Reviews

From Novel Reviews: "Loved A Darkly Hidden Truth by Donna Fletcher Crow! The prologue was chilling...and beautiful. Great writing and an intriguing, very unique plot. One of my favs for 2011. (Actually, it'd probably make it in my top three for 2011.)" http://novelreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/donna-fletcher-crows-darkly-hidden.html

"A Memorable Mystery Novel" http://ning.it/wlNDv1 "The novel is a rich banquet of British and world history, landscape, and architecture, added to the pursuit of clues in dark, damp, remote, and dangerous places. I especially enjoyed the study of complex human emotions, motivations, and misunderstandings." Radine Trees Nehring

"An Extraordinary Novel!" from Seeking With All Your Heart: (A review of A Very Private Grave) http://seekingwithallyurheart.blogspot.com/2012/02/extraordinary-novel.html

New Releases

Victorian True Crime

Personal Appearances

A DARKLY HIDDEN TRUTH, Book Launch Party, Author reading and speaking, refreshments. Friday, February 10, 2012,7:00, Rediscovered Bookshop, 180 N. 8th St., downtown Boise.

Guest Blogs

Blog Exchange: YA mystery/romance writer K. Dawn Byrd interviews Donna Fletcher Crow about A DARKLY HIDDEN TRUTH http://www.kdawnbyrd.blogspot.com/2012/02/register-to-win-donna-fletcher-crows.html Donna interviews K. Dawn about her newest Zoe Mack Mystery on "Deeds of Darkness; Deeds of Light" http://www.donnafletchercrow.com/articles.php?id=106

Interview with Charles, Lord Danvers on Pat Bertram Introduces. . . http://patbertram.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/lord-charles-danvers-hero-of-a-most-inconvenient-death-by-donna-fletcher-crow/?mid=502

"Those Valiant Victorians" on Sweet Mystery http://itsamysterytomepegherring.blogspot.com/2011/10/guest-post-donna-fletcher-crow-those.html#comments

"Love in a Monastery" on British Romance Fiction http://britishromancefiction.blogspot.com/2011/10/love-in-monastery.html

Inkslinger's #4 TOP READ for the year: True Romance that served as inspiration for my fictional characters (with wonderful pictures of my daughter's wedding) http://shannonvannatter.com/donna-fletcher-crow-real-life-romance-part-1-of-3/

Writing History, but Talking About Today http://historicalfictionexcerpts.blogspot.com/2011/09/past-and-present-converge-in-very.html

"The Truth Behind A Darkly Hidden Truth" http://christianbookshopsblog.org.uk/2011/10/05/the-truth-behind-a-darkly-hidden-truth-introducing-donna-fletcher-crow-and-the-monastery-murders/

"The Mysteries of Research" on Creative Writing Now: http://www.creative-writing-now.com/planning-a-novel.html

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