The tale is set in AD 672 in the period known as Laethanta na Bo Riabhai (the days of the brindled cow), which corresponds to the last three days of March and the first three days of April. Storytelling is of a top-notch quality, all characters, whether they are real historical or wonderful fictional, come splendidly to life, the atmosphere of 7th Century Ireland is beautifully pictured, and all these factors combined will keep you spellbound from beginning to end. (Aug.This terrific Irish mystery by the author, Peter Tremayne, is already the 31st volume of the marvellous "Sister Fidelma" series.Īt the beginning of the book you'll find a well-drawn map of an area called "The Cuala" (Wicklow Mountains) within the Kingdom of Laigin (Leinster) in the 7th Century, as well as a list of Principal Characters featuring in this thrilling tale, and an Author's Note with very informative historical details about certain events and settings. This is an impressive achievement for a decades-old series. Tremayne juggles the different possibilities expertly, and the reveal is satisfying. There’s no shortage of suspects, given Brodulf’s abrasive personality and the possibility that he came to the abbey to search for a noncanonical gospel stored in the abbey’s library.
Despite the initial belief that he died from the fire, the discovery that he was stabbed through the heart before the conflagration gives Fidelma a homicide to solve. Those doctrines have met resistance in Ireland, and Brodulf traveled to the abbey apparently to see how the faith was taught there. The cleric had been visiting from a region in Burgundy that has adopted the Roman Empire’s edicts concerning the only proper way to practice Christianity. An abbey guesthouse has just burned down, and its sole occupant, Bishop Brodulf, was found dead inside it.
In Tremayne’s superior 33rd mystery featuring seventh-century Irish law advocate Sister Fidelma (after 2021’s The House of Death), tragedy strikes the abbey of Imleach Iubhair, one of the kingdom’s most influential religious centers.
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