The Alchemist of Netley Abbey

Book Eight – THE ALCHEMIST OF NETLEY ABBEY

Desperate to return ot Meaux after traumatic events in London and Salisbury, intrepid nun Hildegard and her charismatic but untouchable abbot, Hubert de Courcy, set out at last with their two monks militant through the New Forest on the long journey north. Fate, however, intervenes. Even before they escape the labyrinthine paths of the Royal Forest Hubert is in need of urgent medical attention and they are forced to seek shelter at the mysterious Netley Abbey. Although welcomed inside the precincts, all is not as it seems. A motley group of pilgrims are waiting to take ship to France. Guests secretly come and go. Are they spies, professional assassins, or something even more threatening for the security of King Richard’s realm? And why are they here in this remote and beautiful place so far away from the executions of the king’s allies in Westminster? A Welsh alchemist reputed to have strange powers adds his own sinister desires to the brew and, when a valuable book disappears, two deaths follow. Who is to blame? Hildegard becomes entangled in a web of intrigue and defies all perils to discover the frightening truth. Eighth in the series