The Devil's Disciples Author Forename:Susanna

The Devil's Disciples Author Forename:SusannaRumours of plague threaten Cambridge again, ten years after the Black Death had almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had defended people from the disease and now they turn elsewhere for protection, to pagan ritual and magical potions.

Was it a tragic accident

scandal-rag journalism

Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marsh's most fascinating murder mysteries

What is it about murder that has fascinated us for so long

Once there

the chemical and physiological characteristics of each poison provide vital clues to discovery of the murderer

the successful hunters are shaken by a horrifying discovery

Or so it seems

Martha is no stranger to controversy herself

But then one of the tapes reveals a shocking scene none of them expect to see

craftily-plotted detective novel in the bestselling Lord Peter Wimsey series

When Philippa's husband's servant is found dead