Over the past few months, several girls from the villages surrounding Ely have vanished. A village girl has disappeared-and she's not the first. When a friend in Cambridgeshire falls ill, Allie is sent to Ely, where her path will cross with Lord Peverill, a young aristocrat who would be a most suitable match for the young healer.

if they can find a man who will appreciate a woman with such unusual gifts. But the young woman is nearly twenty, and her father, Rowley, Bishop of Saint Albans, and his patron, the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, have plans to marry Allie to an influential husband. Allie is already a skilled healer, with a particular gift for treating animals. After the death of her friend and patron, King Henry II, Adelia Aguilar, England's vaunted Mistress of the Art of Death, is living comfortably in retirement and training her daughter, Allie, to carry on her craft-sharing the practical knowledge of anatomy, forensics, and sleuthing that catches murderers. Weight in Grams: 306.We ship daily from our Bookshop.'Superb.an appropriate homage'-Marilyn Stasio, New York Times The much-anticipated final installment in Ariana Franklin's popular Mistress of the Art of Death historical mystery series, finished by the author's daughter after her death. But someone doesn't want the skeletons identified-and is prepared to kill in order to prevent it. So he calls upon his Mistress of the Art of Death, anatomist Adelia Aguilar, to examine the bones. On hearing of this momentous discovery, King Henry II demands evidence that the legendary Arthur is dead. Same day/next day dispatch (mon-fri) all items checked before dispatch, Handled and sent out with care: )Ģ010, Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)

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