Blood Price

Name: Blood Price
Rating: 4.11 (529 reviews)

by Paul Bernardi

First published 2021

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4.1(529)

East Anglia, 1024. When Ulf, the heir of Lord Bjarke, dies after a sudden illness, the household’s midwife and housekeeper Freya suspects that his death was not natural. Her investigation points towards Thorgunnr, Ulf’s stepmother, whose own child would benefit from his removal. When Freya confronts the danger inside the household, she and her husband Sihtric become targets themselves.

Sihtric is a veteran of the wars that brought Cnut to the English throne, including the Battle of Assandun, but he has promised Freya that he will leave violence behind. The threat to his family forces him to break that oath as the pair seek justice for the dead boy. Set during Cnut’s rule, the standalone novel combines a domestic murder mystery with the violent loyalties of an Anglo-Danish warrior society.