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The Subtle Serpent

Peter Berresford Ellis

1996301 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1996
first published
  • 1996Headline Publishing Group · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780747216513
  • 1998St. Martin's Press · ENGISBN 9781466814042
  • 1998St. Martin's Press · 339 pages · ENGISBN 9780312186708
  • 1998Magna Large Print Books · 488 pages · ENGISBN 9780750512442
  • 1999Signet · 301 pages · ENGISBN 9780451195586
  • 1996Headline Book Publishing · 339 pagesISBN 9780747252863

Sister Fidelma Mystery series #4 In the year 666 A.D., a headless female corpse is found in the drinking well of a remote abbey in southwest Ireland: clasped in one hand is a crucifix; tied to the other arm is a pagan death symbol. Sister Fidelma--sister to the king of Muman, a *religieuse*, and an advocate of the Brehon law courts--is sent to investigate. En route, she encounters a Gaulish merchant ship under full sail off the Irish coast--one whose crew and cargo have vanished without a trace. Faced with a tense local situation, Fidelma must discover first the identity of the body in the well and uncover who was responsible, then find out what happened to the missing crew of the adrift merchant ship, and, finally, determine how these bizarre events are connected. For these events are more than simply disturbing--the peace of the entire kingdom rests upon their solution.

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