Mysteries of Ancient Ireland
Minotaur Books
August 2017
On Sale: July 25, 2017
352 pages ISBN: 1250119642 EAN: 9781250119643 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Fidelma of Cashel returns in another fantastic mystery—
this time, one of the king’s advisors is the only possible
suspect in an impossible locked-room crime.
Ireland, AD 671. King Colgú of Cashel is shocked to learn
that his loyal Chief Bishop and advisor has been murdered
in the old enemy fortress of the Uí Fidgente. When word
reaches Cashel that the culprit will be executed under new
law, a larger conflict looms.
Dispatched to investigate, Fidelma and her companion
Eadulf discover that the man facing punishment is Gormán—
commander of the King’s bodyguard. But Fidelma cannot
believe Gormán would carry out such an act—and yet he was
found locked in a chamber with the body, weapon in hand.
The evidence is stacked against him.
If they are to exonerate Gormán and keep the peace between
the kingdoms, Fidelma and Eadulf must find the true
culprit. As the threat of war looms, the date of execution
drawers ever closer...