Immergetevi nel mondo ombroso dell'Inghilterra medievale, dove gli omicidi si nascondono nelle abbazie e nelle corti reali. Questa serie vi proietta in un regno di intrighi, tradimenti e delitti, mentre acuti investigatori svelano complessi crimini. Scoprite gli oscuri segreti del passato e l'emozionante ricerca della giustizia in questi accattivanti misteri storici.
The much-feared and hated Eudo - the Lord Bishop of Winchester's clerk - is bludgeoned to death in Pershore Abbey and laid before the altar in the attitude of a penitent. Everyone who had contact with him had reason to dislike him, but who had reason to kill him?
September 1143. Sergeant Catchpoll hopes a fire at a Worcester silversmith's is just an accident, but when there is a second fire, and a charred corpse is discovered, he has no choice but to call in the undersheriff, Hugh Bradecote, to help find the culprit.
October 1143. A mysterious archer melts back into the forest leaving a pile of corpses in his wake. The lord Sheriff of Worcester cannot ignore such a brazen attack, nor the death of a nobleman. And so Hugh Bradecote and Serjeant Catchpoll are dispatched to hunt an elusive killer and his gang and put a stop to the mounting attacks.
When Hugh Bradecote's betrothed and her escorts are captured by a bloodthirsty renegade whilst on a pilgrimage, it is up to Bradecote and Catchpoll to rescue them before it is too late.
When a man is found stabbed to death, he provides the link tying together several seemingly random deaths. But with a multitude of suspects, who's to blame?
June 1144. When a naked corpse is discovered, Bradecote, Catchpoll and Walkelin try to confirm his identity, but it seems as though a lot of folk want to keep the truth hidden.
When Ricolde, 'the finest whore in Worcester', is found butchered on an island a few miles up the River Severn, can Bradecote and Catchpoll discover the killer's identity?