Ariana Franklin

The King of England has ordered his Mistress of the Art of Death, Adelia Aguilar, to accompany 10-year-old Princess Joanna on her journey to marry the King of Sicily. But one traveller has been watching Adelia all too closely. He wants Adelia dead ...but he wants her to suffer first.

Henry II's favourite mistress, Rosamund Clifford, has been poisoned, rumour says, by his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine. If he believes the stories, England will be torn apart as king battles queen. In a race against time to prove Eleanor's innocence and with an assassin on the loose, anatomist Adelia Aguilar has never faced greater danger.

In medieval Cambridge a child has been murdered and other children have disappeared. The Jews, made scapegoats by the Christian clergy, have retreated into the castle to avoid slaughter. Renowned investigator, Simon of Naples, is recruited and is accompanied by Adelia Aguilar - mistress of the art of death. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

England 1176 and Glastonbury Abbey has been burned almost to the ground. The fire has uncovered two skeletons, a man and a woman. Could they be the remains of Arthur and Guinevere?