An Unholy Alliance

by Gregory, Susanna

• ISBN13: 9780751519358
• ISBN10: 0751519359
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-05
• Publisher: Sphere

Summary

In 1350, Cambridge lies ravaged by the Black Death. Crime flourishes toothree harlots are found with slit throats and branded feet, a friar dies rifling a strongbox full of college chronicles, and the Vice Chancellor of the University vanishes from his sick chamber with all its furnishings. Now the Chancellor calls on the deductive skill of Matthew Bartholomew, Master of Medicine. Busy enough already with the teaching and practice of new techniques, Bartholomew welcomes the investigative help of portly Brother Michaela shrewd and merry monk, not unduly shocked by sins of the flesh. And soonfrom an exotic poison to a surge of devil worship, from a grisly exhumation to a sweetheart's dying wordsthey are on a tangled and perilous trail of conspiracy and obsession.

Author Biography

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.