An ancient volume of philosophical heresy becomes the motive for murder. When the mummified body of a ninth century monk is found stuffed in the boot (trunk) of a car buried in a bog in a remote corner of County Tipperary, archaeologist Cormac Maguire and his partner, pathologist Nora Gavin are called in to consult by the local police.
But it turns out that there is a second body in the boot. Benedict Kavenagh, who vanished mere months ago, was a public intellectual who enjoyed humiliating lesser intellects, was obsessed with a ninth century heretic monk, and had a secret penchant for teenage girls.
Two men, both viciously murdered, but centuries apart, found buried together in a bog. Not far away, an equally disparate group of people inhabit an "artists' colony" called Killowen on the site of an ancient monastery. As Cormac and Nora dig deeper into the ancient crime they become aware that people living at Killowen have become suspects in the more recent murder --- and convinced that there is a connection between what happened in the ninth century and what is happening now.
Erin Hart is an American writer with an abiding interest in Irish history and culture. This is her fourth mystery featuring Cormac and Nora. The others are Haunted Ground, Lake of Sorrows and False Mermaid. Visit her web site at www.ErinHart.com.
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