The Chalice of Blood (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 21) by Peter Tremayne - ISBN: 9780755357765
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Ancient Ireland, murder in a locked room, secrets threaten everything.

The Chalice of Blood (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 21)

A chilling medieval mystery set in 7th century Ireland

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    10 May 2011

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Summary

The brilliant new novel in the internationally renowned Sister Fidelma crime series by Peter Tremayne.

Ireland AD 670. When an eminent scholar is found murdered in his cell in the abbey of Lios Mor, fear spreads among his brethren; his door was secured from the inside, with no other means of exit. How did the murderer escape? And what was the content of the manuscripts apparently stolen from the scholar’s room? Abbot Iarnla insists on sending for Sister Fidelma and her companion Broth…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780755357765
ISBN-10:0755357760
Author:Peter Tremayne
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Book Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:10 May 2011
Weight:312g
Dimensions:197mm x 131mm x 29mm
Series:Sister Fidelma
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A brilliant and beguiling heroine. Immensely appealing, difficult to put down

Praise for Peter Tremayne’s novels: ‘Wonderfully evocative * The Times *
A brilliant and beguiling heroine. Immensely appealing, difficult to put down * Publishers Weekly *
Definitely an Ellis Peter competitor…the background detail is marvellous * Evening Standard *
Well-paced and suspenseful, sprinkled with Old Irish terms and fascinating details of early Irish life…Fidelma is a an original and complex character…An Irish heroine for both the seventh and twenty-first centuries * Books Ireland *

About The Author

Peter Tremayne

Peter Tremayne is the fiction pseudonym of a well-known authority on the ancient Celts, who has utilised his knowledge of the Brehon law system and 7th-Century Irish society to create a new concept in detective fiction.

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