The Sanctuary Seeker (A Crowner John Mystery)

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November 1194 AD. Apointed by Richard the Lionheart as the first coroner for the county of Devon Sir John de Wolfe recently returned from the Crusades rides out to the lonely moorland village of Widecombe to hold an inquest on an unidentified body. But on his return to Exeter the new coroner is incensed to find that his own brother-in-law Sheriff Richard de Revelle is intent on thwarting the murder investigation particularly when it emerges that the dead man is a Crusader and a member of one of Devons finest and most honourable families...