The Joslin de Lay Mysteries

The False Father  ISBN  0 439 99614 7

At last Joslin meets the mysterious figure who has secretly followed him across England into Wales.   But when this man tells him who he is,  Joslin’s world collapses round him.   However, having solved other people’s mysteries, now he is on the brink of solving his own.  The journey is long and hard, the clues he has followed all the way from France are riddling and not to be trusted, there are men and women dead on the way and the secret buried in the past is so hard to unearth.

        “Something’s wrong,” said Gyll.

                Joslin called softly.  “Hello.  We’re here.”

                No  answer.    He called again, louder.  Still no answer.

                “She’s still praying in her cell,” he said.  “We shouldn’t interrupt.”

        Even so, they silently approached  the hovel, listening for the mutter of prayers.  They heard nothing.

        “Shall we look in?” said Gyll.

        “Not if she’s praying,” Joslin answered.

        They listened again.  Complete silence.  They looked at each other.  A fearful

realisation was breaking on them.