Blood on the Wind (Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 37)

In the thirty-seventh installment of Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma series, set in AD 673, Sister Fidelma and her husband Eadulf find themselves shipwrecked on the Isles of Sulis. There, they confront the aftermath of an assassination attempt on the ruler, Lowarn, who has been poisoned. With tensions rising amid dark suspicions and local superstitions about a curse, Fidelma is urged to investigate the motives behind the murder, while Eadulf tends to the injured king. As they navigate this perilous landscape, they must discern the true source of the islands' turmoil.