Mistress Of The Art Of Death #2
Putnam
February 2008
On Sale: January 31, 2008
384 pages ISBN: 0399154647 EAN: 9780399154645 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Ariana Franklin combines the best of modern forensic
thrillers with the drama of historical fiction in the
enthralling second novel in the Mistress of the Art of
Death series, featuring medieval heroine Adelia
Aguilar.
Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of
King Henry II, has died an agonizing death by poison-and the
king's estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is the prime
suspect. Henry suspects that Rosamund's murder is probably
the first move in Eleanor's long-simmering plot to overthrow
him. If Eleanor is guilty, the result could be civil war.
The king must once again summon Adelia Aguilar, mistress of
the art of death, to uncover the truth.
Adelia is
not happy to be called out of retirement. She has been
living contentedly in the countryside, caring for her infant
daughter, Allie. But Henry's summons cannot be ignored, and
Adelia must again join forces with the king's trusted fixer,
Rowley Picot, the Bishop of St. Albans, who is also her
baby's father.
Adelia and Rowley travel to the
murdered courtesan's home, in a tower within a walled
labyrinth-a strange and sinister place from the outside, but
far more so on the inside, where a bizarre and gruesome
discovery awaits them. But Adelia's investigation is cut
short by the appearance of Rosamund's rival: Queen Eleanor.
Adelia, Rowley, and the other members of her small party are
taken captive by Eleanor's henchmen and held in the nunnery
of Godstow, where Eleanor is holed up for the winter with
her band of mercenaries, awaiting the right moment to launch
their rebellion.
Isolated and trapped inside the
nunnery by the snow and cold, Adelia and Rowley watch as
dead bodies begin piling up. Adelia knows that there may be
more than one killer at work, and she must unveil their true
identities before England is once again plunged into civil
war . . .
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