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A plowman who fails to prevent a murder A corpse stolen while a priest prays over it A clever killer that must be caught in three days Cathar country, (now southern France), late autumn in the year 1200. The alchemist sends Bertwoin to work in the château's kitchen to prevent the murder of the visconte's son. Bertwoin fails. And before the alchemist can examine the corpse for clues, the killer commits the impossible crime of stealing the body while a priest keeps vigil over it. Now the murderer hunts other noble prey. Then Sir Philippe, a powerful knight, accuses Bertwoin of being the killer. The visconte gives the alchemist and Bertwoin three days to find the murderer.

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E. A. Rivièegrave;re lives in a magical forest where mice claiming to be cousins move in for the winter then take the towels when they leave in spring. He is a winner in the Writers of the Future contest, a graduate of the six-week Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop, and a grand prize winner of the Sidney Lanier Poetry Cpmpetition. His second Carcassonne mystery, A Wrathful Cup of Scorn, is now available. He has also published two paranormal mysteries, Magic and Murder Among the Dwarves and The Dwarf Assassin, under the author name Erik Bundy. Unlike many writers, he doesn't keep a cat in deference to his mouse cousins and because he couldn't live up to its expectations.

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