Prolific best-selling author Bernard Knight draws on his own career as a medical examiner and a vast store of historical knowledge to pen gripping mysteries set in 12th-century England. While investigating a brazen murder, Coroner of the Verge Sir John de Wolfe discovers a sinister plot to topple the crown, even as King Richard is away fighting the French. Sir John's smarts and quick wits will surely be tested by the villains behind this swelling conspiracy.