Shroud for the Archbishop

 

Shroud for the Archbishop: a Sister Fidelma mystery by Peter Tremayne  340 pp.

Archbishop Wighard, candidate to lead Canterbury is found garroted in his rooms in the Lateran Palace in Rome. Treasures he brought with him are found to be stolen. A monk, Brother Ronan Ragallach, who happened to be found in the vicinity is charged with the murder. However, there is much more to this mystery than first appears. Bishop Gelasius fears this affair will provoke a war between the Saxons and the Irish and appoints the highly educated Sister Fidelma of Kildare and Brother Eadulf of Canterbury. As Fidelman and Eadulf investigate the story becomes more convoluted until the murderer turns out to be one who was never considered a suspect. These mysteries are highly detailed with medieval references.