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Caroline Roe

    Sous le nom de Medora Sale, Caroline Roe a écrit six romans policiers, dont une œuvre primée. Ces histoires se déroulent à Toronto et ses environs, mettant en scène le détective d'homicides John Sanders et la photographe d'architecture Harriet Jeffries. En tant que Caroline Roe, elle s'appuie sur ses recherches doctorales sur la diversité religieuse médiévale pour créer le personnage d'un médecin juif du XIVe siècle au service de l'évêque de Gérone, un docteur aux patients influents et à l'œil avisé pour le crime. Roe est une ancienne présidente de Crime Writers of Canada et du conseil international de Sisters in Crime.

    Der blinde Heiler von Girona
    The Chronicles of Isaac of Girona: Remedy for Treason
    An Antidote for Avarice
    • An Antidote for Avarice

      • 274pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      The author of An Antidote for Avarice continues the intriguing adventures of blind Jewish physician Isaac of Gerona. In medieval Spain, Isaac heads the search for the fabled Holy Grail -- and an unholy killer...

      An Antidote for Avarice1999
      3,8
    • Girona, Spain. 1353. Struggling to save his patients from the plague, and avoiding the even greater danger of his wife's temper, Isaac discovers that pestilence isn't the city's only killer. A nun dies in the public baths. Then it is revealed that she is not a nun at all, but an attendant to the queen in nun's disguise. The Bishop of Girona calls upon Isaac to help determine the strange circumstance of her death--and the purpose of her deception. But Isaac soon finds himself and his family caught in a tightening web of royal intrigue designed to destroy the Spanish monarchy--and whoever else gets in the way... * First in an all new medieval mystery series * Fans of The Name of the Rose will love it * Fantastic advance praise from acclaimed authors Bruce Alexander and Candace Robb

      The Chronicles of Isaac of Girona: Remedy for Treason1998
      3,9