Sister Fidelma's plans for returning home to Hibernia via Massila have
been put on hold in Genoa due to her ship running aground. While in
Genoa, she befriends an abbot by the name of Ado. He and his
companions, Brother Faro and Sister Gisa, know her former teacher
Brother Ruadan. He is on his deathbed in an abbey outside Genoa. Since
she has time on her hands, she asks to travel with her new friends to
see him.
While enroute, Fidelma hears what must be a conspiracy of sorts, and it
possibly involves Sister Gisa. Later, at the abbey Brother Ruadan warns
Fidelma of evil within the abbey. Is he in delirium, or is there in
fact a problem at the abbey? Also at the abbey is a young prince and
his nurse. It is while the abbey is at the evening meal when the
belligerent bishop of Placentia barges in. His Christian sect is at
conflict with the sect of the abbey.
The following morning Fidelma is informed that Brother Ruadan has died.
When she views the body, she sees evidence that he has been murdered,
but who can she share this with? Brother Eolann is also from Hibernia,
so Fidelma swears him into her confidence. They travel up a mountain to
a shrine behind the abbey. There they find the remains of the nurse,
and are subsequently taken hostage. Fortunately they are freed, but
that only creates more questions for Fidelma.
How will she solve this mystery before more deaths befall the abbey?
Once again author Peter Tremayne offers up numerous suspects before the
story reaches its ultimate conclusion. A very good read.
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