Dancing with Demons: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland (Mysteries of Ancient… (original 2007; edition 2008)

I love reading these books of Peter Tremayne. The mystery aspect of the book is superb and the description of the life and times in Ancient Ireland during 669AD is enthralling.

I had suspicions of who were the guilty parties in the murder of the High King of Ireland but it wasn't until the last 20 pages that all the t's were crossed and the i's dotted.

A fast easy to read page turner...loved the book, my second now. I will search for more of the Sister Fidelma series and endeavor to read them in succession. ( )

wonderful! the plot is intriguing and never boring or predictable, Fidelma's relationships with the other characters are interesting and well narrated, many interesting topics are touched. could not stop reading until I had to ( )

Peter Tremayne knows how to write a story, and the world he has created with the Sister Fidelma series is quite magnificent. The story is set in Ireland in 669 AD. Things were quite different then, and Sister Fidelma�s world has been enlightening me for some years now since this is something like the 17 or 18 book. Tremayne builds his stories on true historical happenings, and he quite captures the feeling of the times. In this book the High King of the Five Kingdoms is found dead in his locked bedroom, and the assassin has put a knife through his own heart in order to avoid being caught for this treasonous act. Sister Fidelma and the faithful Eadulf are called in to determine what happened, and they uncover political and personal plots that put their lives in danger. I recommend this series highly, but it should be read in order, starting with �Absolution by Murder�. It would be difficult to get into the era without the background that is built up in each book. ( )

Dancing with Demons is 16th novel in the chronicles of Sister Fidelma. This book takes place a year after last we left her and Eadulf. The High King has been assassinated and to keep suspicions from causing the Heir elect political problems Fidelma is requested to investigate the matter as an impartial third party. What looks like a simple case with witnesses and a suicide of the assassin turns into much, much more.

I was waiting and hoping for another excellent mystery and Tremayne (IMHO) succeeded and met my expectations once again. He is an Irish historian and he puts lots of details of the time period (7th Century) into his books, but he weaves them so well that it doesn't feel like a history lesson. If you like Agatha Christie or Ellis Peters I think you will enjoy Sister Fidelma by Peter Tremayne. ( )