Lots of challenges for Sister Fidelma as she is requested to review the murder of the High King. What first seems obvious with the apparent killer, dead by suicide at the victim's bedside soon becomes strangely questionable. Fiudelma's quest for truth challenges the obvious and her legal mindset and adroit pursuit for the truth lead to very different conclusions. ( )

Fidelma en Eadulf moeten naar Tara omdat de High King is vermoord. Het lijkt een eenvoudige zaak: de dader heeft zich meteen na de moord van het leven beroofd. Maar er blijkt veel meer achter te zitten: liefde, ambitie, de oude religie versus de nieuwe... Weer een prachtig inkijkje in het oude Ierland.

First of the Sister Fidelma novels I've read and certainly enjoyable, with its share of excitement and plot twists. I can see why this series is so popular.
This one investigates the murder of the High King of Ireland. Is the culprit a man found at the bedside of the murdered man, who has killed himself? Called upon to find his motivation the heroine uncovers a religious conspiracy of which the suicide is a participant. ( )

Fidelma and Eadulf are tasked with finding out who murdered the High King. Conflicts between the New Faith and the old abound and there are twists and turns everywhere. It started out a bit slow for me but really picked up and I was really surprised by the revelation of the murderer. ( )

This is one of my favorites from the series. I like these books because they take place in Ireland (which holds a soft spot in my heart), they are interesting and very clean. I also enjoy the discussions of religion in the book as a result of the tension between the new Christian faith (new to the characters in the books) and the druids. ( )