The Dead House - Harry Bingham Kartoniert (TB)

British detective Fiona Griffiths one of the most engaging female protagonists in crime thrillers is back with her toughest case yet. When the body of a young woman is found in an old 'dead house' - the annexe where the dead were stored before burial in medieval times - of a tiny church in a small town in Wales it seems that past and present have come together in a bizarre and horrifying way. For DC Fiona Griffiths the girl - a murder victim whose corpse was laid out with obvious tenderness - represents an irresistibly intriguing puzzle given Fiona's unusual empathy for the dead. And when her investigations lead her to an obscure and secretive monastery hidden in a remote valley she finds that the murder victim is far from the only victim of a dark and disturbing melding of modern crime and medieval religious practices. Only Fiona is capable of solving this brilliantly crafted mystery.