Bloodstone Margaret Drabble is about to return to

is about to return to Ulster for Alisons second wedding

it turns out that there is only one suspect: Yashim himself

Driven by the desire to repay the treachery of his former patron

this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus

she had pointed out the considerable faults of her companions

Bloodstone Margaret Drabble is about to return toDecember, 1380. When the corpse of Sir Robert Kilverby, a wealthy Cheapside merchant, is discovered in a locked room, Brother Athelstan accompanies the King's coroner to investigate. For the late Sir Robert had in his possession a priceless relic, a sacred bloodstone which he was planning to donate to the Abbey of St Fulcher on Thames. The bloodstone has disappeared and the Regent, John of Gaunt, who covets the relic for himself, is taking an