"Dickinson . . . has a real gift for evoking period and creating well-rounded characters."-"Publishers Weekly"

"As usual, the knowledgeable Dickinson fortifies the suspenseful narrative with culturally and historically significant detail."-"Booklist"

In 1905, a pilgrim is killed in Le-Puy-en-Velay, France, and Lord Francis Powerscourt is summoned to investigate. More deaths plague pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, before Powerscourt solves the murders.

David Dickinson was born in Dublin. He graduated from Cambridge with an honors degree before joining the BBC. He worked in British television for many years and now divides his time between Somerset and France.