New Medieval Sleuth

From Publishing News:

Geraldine Cooke of the Marsh Agency has concluded a two-book deal with Kate Parkin of John Murray for a medieval crime series featuring a sleuth nun. Whatever Brother Cadfael can do… In fact, Cooke thinks of her as “a proto-type Karen Armstrong”. The author is Cassandra Clark, mother of Headline author Candida Clark, and the first of the two books will be called Hangman Blind.

Amazon.co.uk has the release dates as 20 March 2008 for 'Hangman Blind'.