Wrack and Rune - Peter Shandy, Bk 3 Author:Charlotte MacLeod A gruesome murder leads Professor Peter Shandy to uncover an ancient Viking curse. — When 105-year-old Hilda Horsefall tells young reporter Cronkite Swope of a stone carved with Norse runes that once sat in the nearby woods, the writer starts salivating at the thought of breaking the news that Vikings once marauded through their slee... more »py Massachusetts countryside. But while he's jotting down notes, a scream rings out, and Cronkite finds an even bigger story. A farmhand has been burned to death by quicklime, and Cronkite gets an exclusive scoop.
In this neck of New England, strange deaths are invariably referred to Professor Peter Shandy, the only local with the know-how to connect fearsome quicklime to the Vikings of old. But as he digs into the ancient mystery, he finds the forgotten Norse gods are not above demanding a modern sacrifice.« less
A typically well-written, wityy sometimes kooky tale following Prof. Peter Shandy and his attempts to control the mayhem when an ancient Viking runestone is discovered on a local farm. One of my favorite cozy series.