TEMPLE OF THE GRAIL (Rosicrucian Quartet Book 1)
by Adriana Koulias
This Best Seller translated into four languages is a smouldering, menacingly delightful whodunnit for history buffs and lovers of the genre.
Murder, Inquisition, Heresy…
France, 1254
High on a mountain in the Pyrenees, the monastery of St Lazarus is a forbidding place. Behind its ramparts and battlements heretical acts are said to take place and there is the rumour of a secret – a secret so dangerous that its keepers will kill to keep it hidden.
At the end of a bitter winter, a delegation headed by the ambitious Inquisitor Rainiero Sacconi arrives to investigate the monastery. Andre, a Knight of the Templar Order, and his young scribe, Christian de St Armand, are accompanying the inquiry. When monks begin to die in macabre circumstances they are drawn into solving the hideous crimes but if they stumble upon the secret of St Lazarus it will turn into a fight, not only for their lives, but also for their souls.
‘This is historical fiction at its gripping best.’ Courier Mail.
‘Not only did I find this book tantalising, engaging and thought provoking – it allowed me the rare indulgence of reading something I was not going to rush through, finish and quickly move onto something else…I was extremely impressed with this secret little gem of a book, and I know anyone looking to read something dense with emotion, imagery and imagination will not be let down.’ The Blurb.
‘Finally! A well written, thoughtful murder mystery! Monks, murders, knights, inquisitors and a cracker ending!’ Goodreads
