Bone of Contention
Subtitle: A Magdalene la Batarde Mystery (Magdaline La Batarde)
Publisher: Forge Books
Published: December 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780765305541
Subjects: Romance - Historical; Fiction; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Romance: Historical; Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction / General
First sentence: The thin, dark man in correct, if unusually sumptuous, priestly garments, nodded briskly at the whoremistress of the Old Priory Guesthouse when she opened the gate for him.
Description: Magdalene la Bâtarde knows there is trouble brewing in Oxford when King Stephen brings together his great council and her patron, William of Ypres immediately summons her. But she never expected it would involve murder. She teams up with her old friend, Sir Itchen of Bellamy, to clear up a mess that threatens to lead to a political scandal.