In Burgundy, France, in 1926, a famed archaeologist dies a terrible death in a country not his own.Thus begins CWA Historical Dagger Award winner Barbara Cleverlys dazzling new mystery novel. And soon aspiring archaeologist Laetitia Talbot will find herself embroiled in a murderous conspiracy centuries in the making. Lettys joy at snaring a place in the excavation of an ancient church in Burgundy is dimmed by the tragedy of her godfather Daniels violent death. But when Letty receives a posthumous encoded message, she begins to believe that Daniels death was not a random act. Her investigation into Daniels murder sends her on a journey into a countrys remote historyinto the orbit of a privileged French family harboring its own damning secretinto ancient Celtic mysteries and one sacred truth kept through the ages. It is an explosive revelation that could rock modern Christianityand force a killer out of the shadows as a country devastated by one war lays the groundwork for another.From the Trade Paperback edition.