Anna S. (annapi) reviewed on 1/2/2010 + 334 more book reviews

When the Abbess Faife is found stabbed to death and her 6 companions in pilgrimage are discovered missing, Fidelma is asked to investigate. Then an aged, learned brother is found bludgeoned in the abbey itself, and Fidelma takes it upon herself to look into this death too. Her investigations are hampered by the hostility of the locals as this all takes place in Ui Fidgente territory, the neighboring kingdom that had rebelled against her brother the king's rule and had just recently been soundly defeated in war. Nevertheless, Fidelma is determined to uncover the truth in hopes of not only delivering justice but fostering a better diplomatic relationship with the former rebels' people. Tremayne's stories have a tendency to follow a very similar pattern in the beginning of his protagonist's investigations, but each mystery proves to be unique and the unraveling of it intriguing, beguiling, and fascinating as always.

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