The Haunted Abbot: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland

The Haunted Abbot: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland by Tremayne, Peter. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780312287696.

In December of 666 A.D., Fidelma of Cashel and her companion Brother Eadulf, having completed their business with the Archbishop of Canterbury, make one final journey before returning to Ireland. At the insistence of Brother Botulf, a childhood friend of Eadulf, they detour from their trip to Eadulfs home village and make their way to Aldreds Abbey. Arriving at midnight on the night of the old pagan festival of Yule, as requested, they find Botulfs dead body - his head caved in by a blunt instrument. As Fidelma and Eadulf soon learn, however, murder isnt the only danger which faces those in the abbey. The ghost of a young woman haunts the cloister shadows, a ghost which closely resembles the Abbots dead wife. Now it will require all of Fidelmas skill as an advocate of the Brehon Courts to unravel the mystery and uncover the truth behind these events before those secrets take yet another life.