The Study Of Murder: A Muirteach Macphee Mystery

Oxford, 1374: At the command of the Lord of the Isles, Muirteach and his wife Mariota accompany Donald, the lord?s surly thirteen-year-old son, to Oxford. Shortly after their arrival a winsome tavern maid disappears. Muirteach attempts to help Undersheriff Grymbaud with the investigation, as well as keep Donald at his studies and out of the taverns. He has little success with either venture, although the discovery of some bizarre drawings on old parchments piques the curiosity of Donald and his peers. Mariota thirsts to attend medical lectures at the schools and seeks a way to gain admittance to these classes.An Oxford master is found brutally bludgeoned to death, and Grymbaud asks Muirteach to investigate the slaying. The arrest of an aged servant for the murder stirs the ever-simmering discord between townsfolk and university students. Then Mariota vanishes.Gleaning clues from a cryptic manuscript and desperate to save his wife, a determined Muirteach tracks a wily killer through a dark and twisted labyrinth of deceit.

Author: Susan McDuffie

Publisher: Liafinn Press

Publication Date: Feb 15, 2018

Number of Pages: 328 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Fiction

ISBN-10: 098479008X

ISBN-13: 9780984790081