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Bernard Knight is a retired Home Office pathologist renowned for his work on such high-profile cases as the Fred and Rosemary West murders. Bernard is the author of the ‘Crowner John’ series, as well as the Dr Richard Pryor forensic mystery series.
The Elixir of Death
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9781448301423
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers
- Publication date: 06/01/2015
- Series: A Crowner John Mystery , #10
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 368
- Sales rank: 174,780
- File size: 2 MB
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1195. Prince John still plots to seize the throne from his brother, Richard the Lionheart--and in his wicked schemes, he is supported by Philip of France. The French king offers to help John financially by sending him a mysterious alchemist, a Mohammedan named Nizam, who claims to be able to turn base materials into gold. But the ship that was transporting Nizam and his retainers is found wrecked off the south Devon coast, its crew savagely slaughtered. Shortly afterward, a Norman knight named Peter le Calve is foully murdered, his severed head stuck on the rood screen of Exeter cathedral. It's up to Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, to find a motive and connection between the killings. And just what is his unscrupulous brother-in-law, the disgraced ex-sheriff and Prince John-sympathizer, Richard de Revelle, trying to hide?
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Crowner John is a splendid character, full of imperfections and faults, but ultimately the triumphing hero.
Kirkus Reviews
County Coroner Sir John de Wolfe (Figure of Hate, 2005, etc.) investigates a series of brutal murders in 12th-century England. The discovery of the murdered crew from a shipwreck off the south Devon coast is just the first in a string of atrocities. The captain was the husband of Sir John's former mistress Hilda, and his investigation troubles both his shrewish wife Matilda and his current mistress. The only clue is the word "Saracen," uttered by a dying crew member. After a series of horrific murders, all apparently related by the use of an unusual knife and crossbows with Arabic lettering, Sir John realizes that all the victims were connected to a disastrous crusade. Meanwhile, Sir John's disgraced brother-in-law Richard de Revelle, son of a crusader, is involved in a scheme to make money for Prince John, who's still trying to seize his brother's throne. The King of France has sent Nizam, a Mohammedan alchemist, to work with a Scot to turn base metal to gold, and Richard is providing them the supplies they need and a secret place to work. When Hilda goes on her own crusade to track down her husband's killers, she's made a prisoner, along with Matilda and Richard. Only Sir John's last-minute arrival saves the day. More adventure than mystery, Knight's tenth populates a detailed, almost scholarly study of the period with well-drawn characters.