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In the year 1356 a midwife escaped from a witch hunt and made her way to a Dalmatian island, where she found refuge in a sleepy village, hoping to hide from her pursuers, the ecclesiastical tribunal called the Inquisition. For five years she and her cat Bianca lived in solitary seclusion, interacting with villagers only when necessary. The villagers knew nothing about her, and eventually they called her Baba Chessy – Grandmother Garlic – because of the superior garlic she grew in her large garden.
In her fifth year on the island, however, she ventured from her safe haven to help a young girl from a neighboring village whose mother had been poisoned. The story of how Baba Chessy and Bianca learned the surprising truth behind the poisoning is told in the Bell Poison mystery. Little by little Baba Chessy was drawn into the lives of the villagers. In the Devil Rocks mystery, she and Bianca help a church warden find redemption in an explosive enterprise, and in the Olive Revenge mystery they save a poor olive grower from wrongful death. These three mysteries are found in volume one of the Baba Chessy and Bianca Medieval Mysteries series.
In Volume Two of the series, Baba Chessy and Bianca expose an imposter who tried to steal an island property in the story Slipper Secrets, and they prevent a village-wide Brotherhoods war by revealing the motive behind a power grab in the story Blood in the Brotherhoods. As Baba Chessy became more and more involved in village life and re-engaged in the everyday struggles of her fellow villagers, she found her frightened and closed heart opening.
Volumes One and Two of the Baba Chessy and Bianca Medieval Mysteries series are available on Amazon.com and on CozyMysteries.com as well on the author’s website, RoadRockingGrandmas.com.