Peter Tremayne

"Ireland. AD 672. The abbey of Muman at Imleach Iubhair is being renovated when its guests' hostel burns to the ground. There is one fatality: Bishop Brodulf of Luxovium, a distinguished visitor and cousin to the King of Franks. Sister Fidelma is asked by Abbot Cun to investigate the unfortunate incident and soon finds that the bishop had been stabbed to death before the fire had even started. Thrown into a world of treachery and jealousy, where religious...

In 7th century Rome, the man due to be the next archbishop of Canterbury is strangled while awaiting his consecration. An Irish brother is a suspect and the motive is believed to be political. Sister Fidelma of the Celtic Church goes to work.

Summer, AD 672. Princess Gelgeis has arrived in Cashel with her personal bodyguard, a troop of female warriors called the Daughters of the Storm. When one of them is found slain next to the sleeping chamber of the newly married king and queen and, a short time later, the stewardess of the royal house is poisoned, questions are raised as to everyone's safety. Fidelma and Eadulf must first explain the 'locked room' mystery of how the attack took place...

As Fidelma of Cashel and her companion Eadulf prepare for their upcoming nuptials, the festivities are interrupted by the murder of the fanatical Abbot Ultan and accusations against another guest, the King of Connacht, in a mystery set in seventh-centuryIreland.

Surviving a pirate attack during which her cousin and other innocent victims were murdered, Fidelma of Cashel and her faithful companion, Brother Eadulf, pursue clues throughout seventh-century Breton to learn the killer's identity and uncover a sinister adversary.