The Tainted Relic - Softcover

The Medieval Murderers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743267958 ISBN 13: 9780743267953

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2005

Synopsis

In 1100, an English knight named was entrusted with a precious religious relic—a piece of the True Cross, allegedly stained with the blood of Christ. The relic is said to curse anyone who touches with a gruesome end as soon as it leaves their possession. Several decades pass, and the Cross turns up in the possession of a dealer who is robbed and murdered en route to Glastonbury. Investigating the death, Bernard Knight’s protagonist, Crowner John, learns of the relic’s dark history. In 1269, the discovery of a decapitated monk leads Ian Morson’s academic sleuth William Falconer to uncover a link to the relic, and in 1323, Michael Jecks’ Sir Baldwin Furnshill has reason to suspect the relic’s involvement in at least five violent deaths. Finally, the relic is dispatched to London, where it falls into the hands of an unscrupulous book dealer—and where Philip Gooden’s Nick Revill will determine its ultimate fate.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Linked by a common thread, the Tainted Relic, these chronologically written novellas read like a single, epic historical mystery. A must for any medieval mystery fan.

About the Author:

The Medieval Murderers are Michael Jecks, Susanna Gregory, Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, Philip Gooden, and Simon Beaufort.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743267958
• ISBN 13: 9780743267953
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 502