Frobisher's Savage

4.2/5 ( ratings)

“Tourney imaginatively creates historical fiction at its best.." - Library Journal

In 1576, Sir Martin Frobisher made the first of three voyages in search of a Northwest Passage.

He got as far as Canada, and brought back to England two “proofs” that he had reached Cathay: some black stones that he claimed contained gold, and an Eskimo.

Frobisher’s Eskimo is given the name “Adam Nemo” and is set down on the estate of a wealthy landowner as a servant.

He learns the strange language of his captors, he performs his duties more than conscientiously, and he keeps to himself.

And then everything changes.

Visiting his only friend on a nearby farm, a deaf and mute youth named Nicholas, he finds the boy cowering in a corner and everywhere signs of a bloody massacre.

When the townsmen whom Adam summons arrive, they discover the mutilated bodies of the farmer, his wife, and their two youngest children in the well.

Merchant Matthew Stock tries to counteract the town’s growing hysteria, which fastens itself upon those they consider strangers — the “savage” and the “idiot.”

Matthew and his forthright wife Joan are firmly convinced of the pair’s innocence, and they are determined that the rule of law shall prevail.

There is more than one hair-raising episode, and a breathless pursuit through a snowstorm, before Joan Stock finally unearths the evidence to identify the real murderer…

Frobisher’s Savage takes Leonard Tourney’s Elizabethan mystery series to a higher level with a compelling story about the nature of blind prejudice.

Praise for Leonard Tourney and Joan and Matthew Stock:

“Quite possibly the best in [Tourney’s] series … the intrigues are engrossing, and as always the Stocks are a wonderfully attractive pair.”- Los Angeles Times

“Adroitly blends British history with a wonderful cast of actual and fictional characters. And the Stocks are, as always, enterprising detectives and superb guides to sixteenth-century London.” -St. Louis Post Dispatch
“A soundly researched, roundly entertaining series.” - The New York Times Book Review

“Another suspenseful, nicely researched story. Adding piquancy to this intelligent tale, Tourney skillfully interjects observations that have contemporary relevance, about the morality of lawyers and the souls of women.” - Publishers Weekly

“Tourney imaginatively creates historical fiction at its best: He firmly grounds his work in the period through captivating protagonists, fascinating glimpses of historical personages, and revelatory descriptions of everyday life and custom. Engrossing.” -Library Journal

Leonard Tourney was born and raised in Southern California, Leonard Tourney has spent his professional life as a teacher of writing and literature, especially that of William Shakespeare. He has written eight earlier mystery novels featuring the detective Matthew Stock and his wife, Joan. Since 1985, Tourney has been on the faculty of the Writing Program at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is married to the actress/director Judith Olauson.

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