Sacred Stone,The
Published Sep 2012
In the desolate wastes of Greenland, Viking hunters watch a meteorite fall to earth. The finding of the strangely shaped stone seems to bring good fortune to the little community, healing a lame boy and giving them unusual luck in hunting, but violence quickly follows as men fight for control of the sacred stone.
The sacred stone is brought to England on a Viking ship, and passes from owner to owner down through the ages from Medieval Wales to Elizabethan London in an intriguing series of interlinked mysteries.
Along the way the meteorite falls into the hands of mad monks and kabbalists, thieves and murderers, for men and women will stop at nothing to gain possession of it. For though some try to use the sacred stone to heal and to give hope, its very power always awakens the dark side of men, bringing envy, greed and murder in its wake.
Other books by Susanna Gregory
The Clerkenwell Affair
The Sanctuary Murders
Intrigue in Covent Garden
The Habit of Murder
A Grave Concern
The Chelsea Strangler
A Poisonous Plot. The Twenty-First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew
The Cheapside Corpse
Death of a Scholar
Murder on High Holborn
The Lost Abbot
Murder by the Book
Death in St James’s Park
Hill of Bones
The First Murder
The Piccadilly Plot
Mystery in the Minster
A Plague on Both Your Houses
A Killer in Winter
A Summer of Discontent
A Masterly Murder
A Wicked Deed
A Bone of Contention
An Unholy Alliance
The Killer of Pilgrims
A Conspiracy of Violence
Blood on the Strand
To Kill or Cure
The Butcher of Smithfield
The Westminster Poisoner
A Murder on London Bridge
A Vein of Deceit
The Body in the Thames
The Devil’s Disciples
The Tarnished Chalice
The Mark of a Murderer
The Hand of Justice
The Executioner of St. Paul’s
