THE PERFECT MEDIEVAL MURDER MYSTERY TO READ THIS HALLOWEEN
Exeter, 1195. When a prominent burgess and guild-master falls dead across his horse, Crowner John declines to hold an inquest as the man had been complaining of chest pains and shows no signs of injury. Events take a sinister turn, however, when a straw-dolly is discovered hidden under the man's saddle, a spike driven through its heart.
Enlisting the help of her cousin, a cathedral canon with an eye to ecclesiastical advancement, the victim's strident widow begins a campaign in the name of the Church against witchcraft and the so-called 'cunning women' who practise it, dividing Exeter into two camps amidst a climate of fear. Still the coroner refuses to get involved - until his beloved mistress is accused of witchcraft.
Can Crowner John unearth the real culprit and save Nesta from the hangman's noose?
- ISBN10 0743449894
- ISBN13 9780743449892
- Publish Date 5 April 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Simon & Schuster
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 400
- Language English