It's a cesspit of conspiracy. Plot and counterplot prevail. If
we're to survive we need to know who our enemies are, the ones who
work in darkness against the realm.'
Autumn, 1386. Hildegard of Meaux Â- a Cistercian abbess with a keen
instinct for crime solving Â- is accompanying the Archbishop of York
to London. When the Archbishop's saucier is found brutally murdered
in an ale vat amidst preparations to leave, it emerges that the
culprit must be one of the Archbishop's party. The journey from York
to London is fraught with more deadly surprises, and it becomes
clear to Hildegard that this sinister plot may also involve King
Richard, and those looking to depose him at all costs. Traitors,
murderers, noblemen and madmen come together to create a puzzling
scheme that only Hildegard can solve.
