Sepulchre (Languedoc Trilogy, #2)

by Kate Mosse

1891. Seventeen-year-old Leonie Vernier and her brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassonne, the Domaine de la Cade. But in the nearby woods, Leonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre - and a timeless mystery whose traces are written in blood. 2007. Meredith Martin arrives at the Domaine de la Cade as part of her research for a biography she's writing. But Meredith is also seeking the key to her own complex legacy and soon becomes immersed in the story of a tragic love, a missing girl, a unique deck of tarot cards, an unquiet soul and the strange events of one cataclysmic night more than a century ago...

• ISBN10: 0752882945
• ISBN13: 9780752882949
• Publish Date: 6 March 2008 (first published 31 October 2007)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 28 May 2008
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Format: Paperback (UK Trade)
• Pages: 560
• Language: English
• URL: sepulchre.co.uk

Reviews

[Terri M. LeBlanc]

Overall a decent book. Once the main character got to the south of France, I was wishing I hadn't loaned my copy of Mosse's Labyrinth as I recall some of the characters appear in both books. This is a decent read and the tension in the book is really well done, but I was disappointed, as is usually the case when I read mystery novels, with the solution to the puzzle. I think once the Meredith gets to where she is going and meets the people she is suppose to meet, I think it is way too obvious as to the way everything shakes out. However, I love historical fiction and I like the way Mosse blends the past with the present. It what keeps me readying. She does the past very well, maybe her next novel should focus entirely in the past?

On a side note, I would like to see Mosse add a glossary to her books so I know if I'm translating the French in my head properly.