Atonement of Blood is the 24th in Peter Tremayne's excellent (IMO) Sister Fidelma series. It just dropped from $9.99 to $5.99 in the Kindle US store, no idea why or for how long. $5.99 is not a great sale price, but his books range $7.99 and up, and are not couponable/discountable, so I thought I'd toss this one into the thread.
This series persuaded me to visit Cashel when we visited Ireland, and although most of the buildings remaining on the Rock of Cashel now date from the 12th and 13th century, and not Fidelma's 7th century, it was still a lot of fun to imagine Fidelma, Eadulf, Colgu and everyone there.
link:
http://www.amazon.com/Atonement-Bloo...dp/B00HTJ1D6K/
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Winter, 670 AD. King Colgú has invited the leading nobles and chieftains of his kingdom to a feast day. Fidelma and her companion Eadulf are finally home for an extended stay, and have promised their son, Alchú, that they'll be able to spend some time together after months of being on the road, investigating crimes. Fidelma and Eadulf are enjoying the feast when it is interrupted by the entrance of a religieux, who claims he has an important message for the King. He approaches the throne and shouts ‘Remember Liamuin!' and then stabs King Colgú. The assassin is slain, but does enough damage to take out Colgú's bodyguard, and to put the king himself on the verge of death.
As King Colgú lies in recovery, Fidelma, Eadulf, and bodyguard Gormán are tasked with discovering who is behind the assassination attempt, and who Liamuin is. They must journey into the territory of their arch-enemies, the Uí Fidgente, to uncover the secrets in the Abbey of Mungairit, and then venture into the threatening mountain territory ruled by a godless tyrant. Danger and violence are their constant companions until the final devastating revelation.
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