Publisher's Synopsis
Spring, 1312. At Malmaison Manor, Lord Simon is concealing a dark secret - one he assumes will never catch up with him. But someone knows about the crime he committed, and they've found a way to make him pay. When he is found mysteriously slain, other deaths soon follow. Sir Hugh Corbett and Lord Simon are bound by the Secret Chancery and their search for one precious ruby. So, when Corbett learns of Lord Simon's death, he is once more dragged into a tangled web of lies and intrigue and it's not long before secrets of his own start to surface. As the Hymn to Murder reaches its crescendo, can Corbett confront his past and live to see another day?
