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Informationen zum Autor Priscilla Royal grew up in British Columbia and earned a B.A. in World Literature at San Francisco State University, where she discovered the beauty of medieval literature. She is a theater fan as well as a reader of history, mystery, and fiction of lesser violence. When not hiding in the thirteenth century, she lives in Northern California and is a member of California Writers Club, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime. Klappentext As autumn storms ravage the East Anglian coast in 1271! Crowner Ralf finds the corpse of a brutally murdered soldier in the woods near Tyndal Priory. The dagger in the man's chest is engraved with a strange! cursive design! and the body is wrapped in a crusader's cloak. Ralf takes the corpse to the priory for advice! but there is caught up in a maelstrom of conflict over whether to purchase a relic! a decision that endangers both Prioress Eleanor's leadership and the future of the hospital. Brother Thomas becomes a suspect in the murder! and Ralf must choose between the demands of his brother! the sheriff! and loyalty to a friend. Meanwhile! the murderer watches and waits.... Third in a series "as enduring as Ellis Peters's Brother Cadfael books." -Publishers Weekly Priscilla Royal lives and writes in northern California. www.priscillaroyal.com.