A second murder, of a local wisewoman with ties to Joanna, quickens the plot. The murder leads Josse to discover a defiant, widowed noblewoman named Joanna and her son, Ninian, hiding from an insinuating cousin of Joanna's, Denys de Courtenay. When a man dies of poisoning at an inn known for the quality of its food, Josse seeks Helewise's counsel, although she is weak from a bout of fever. In the time of Richard Lionheart, Josse d'Acquin and the Abbess Helewise have formed a deep friendship. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Weakened from a severe bout of fever, the Abbess nonetheless provides a thread of common sense as Josse follows the trail of murder into the ancient, mysterious Wealden Forest, and finds something there that will change his life forever. And when he learns that a charming, handsome nobleman ordered a piece of that very pie, Josse is convinced that the poison was meant for this upper-class guest, and not for the poor stranger who died alone in Anne's guest chamber.Īfter failing to persuade the Sheriff that the death was suspicious, Josse turns to his old friend, the formidable Abbess Helewise. When Josse discovers wolf's bane in the remnants of the pie, he knows that someone must have tampered with Anne's cooking. He rides off to the scene of the crime and starts his own investigation.
Josse has been a regular visitor to Goody Anne's, and he hates to think that Anne-or her fine cooking-has fallen suspect. Josse d'Acquin, a knight with a knack for solving mysteries, is troubled by the news of the stranger's death. But while Anne's serving maid and boy finish up their chores, a man lies dying in the guest chamber-poisoned by a piece of pie made by Goody Anne herself.
At the end of a dark and dreary market day, Goody Anne's inn at Tonbridge is finally settling down for the night.
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