Grave of the Lawgiver

Name: Grave of the Lawgiver
Rating: 4.3 (5 reviews)

by Peter Tremayne Book 36 in the Sister Fidelma Mysteries series.

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Autumn, AD 673. Fidelma accompanies Eadulf to Seaxmund's Ham in East Anglia and learns that his uncle Æthelnoth, the local lawgiver, has been murdered and his house burned. Eadulf's younger sister is missing, and hostility towards Irish missionaries allows local accusers to turn suspicion upon the visitors themselves.

The case unfolds as bishops and kings gather to consider excluding Hibernian teachers from the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Fidelma and Eadulf must investigate under a legal and political system that questions their standing, connect the destroyed household to the missing woman and expose a crime being used to support a wider campaign against Irish influence.