Publisher's Synopsis
Jeremy Oakshott, Fellow of Jerusalem Hall and an authority on the Crusades, is content with his life...until renowned archaeologist Mrs Lestrange urges him to join her expedition to Syria. His wealthy uncle, Ambrose Littlemore, refuses to help him - and is murdered soon afterwards. Detective Inspector Antrobus has his suspicions, having already investigated the savage killing of one of Oakshott's old friends, but the scholar's alibis are completely watertight. With his friend Dr Sophia Jex-Blake, Antrobus must search further afield - and delve into the world of asylums for the insane...
