Crowner's Quest: Bernard Knight

Christmas Eve, 1194, and Sir John de Wolfe gratefully escapes his wife Matilda's Christmas party to examine the body of a canon who has been found hanged. Suicide is suspected, but it soon becomes apparent there's more to this case than meets the eye. As always, John's investigations are hindered by his brother in law, Sheriff Sir Richard de Revelle. Then when a local lord is killed, John believes the two cases are linked and Sir Richard's reasons for delaying the investigation may be more serious than the usual petty vengeance. Desperately trying to deflect Sir Richard's counter-plots, John is soon at odds with Matilda and even with his mistress Nesta. As he digs deeper, he finds a conspiracy that could cost him more than the two women in his life.