Rent A Bone of Contention (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle)

Synopsis

'Skillfully combining murder, medicine, and mystery, these intricate and engaging mysteries follow the investigations of 14th-century Cambridge physician and forensic sleuth Matthew Bartholomew. The pseudonymous author Susanna Gregory, an anthropologist and Cambridge academic, is a former coroner's officer. 1352. The terrible legacy of the Black Death still haunts the town of Cambridge. Fears of future outbreaks drive people to seek protection in holy relics, while the University is the scene of violent clashes between students and townsfolk. With rumors spreading about the discovery of a skeleton reputed to belong to a local martyr, a young student's brutal murder plunges the town into chaos. Matthew Bartholomew, physician to Michaelhouse College, must ask himself if the two corpses--and the rioting--are linked to something deeper than local enmities. When he does, he finds himself embroiled in a nightmare of murder and revenge.'

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