Bone of Contention

Susanna Gregory

ISBN 10: 0751520225 / ISBN 13: 9780751520224

Published by Sphere May 1998, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bone of Contention
• Publisher: Sphere May 1998
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0751520225
• ISBN 13: 9780751520224
• Binding: Paper Back
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction & Mystery

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Synopsis

It is 1392, and Matthew Bartholomew, physician to Michaelhouse College, is called to examine some mysterious bones found in the King's Ditch. The next day he is called to the Ditch again—a student has been found dead there. Meanwhile, there is unrest in the town, and the strange disappearance of Dominica, the former lover of the dead student. Are these events connected? Then a skeletal hand is found in the Ditch, hailed by townsfolk as the final remains of local martyr Simon d'Ambrey, and hence a holy relic. When Bartholomew finds that the hand is wearing a ring apparently identical to a pair that were worn by Dominica and her ex-lover, and now missing, he knows that his investigative skills are called for.

About the Author

Susanna Gregory was a police officer in Leeds before taking up an academic career. She has served as an environmental consultant, worked seventeen field seasons in the polar regions, and has taught comparative anatomy and biological anthropology.

She is the creator of the Matthew Bartholomew series of mysteries set in medieval Cambridge and the Thomas Chaloner adventures in Restoration London, and now lives in Wales with her husband, who is also a writer.