The Heretic's ApprenticeIn the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood returns to Shrewsbury in a coffin his pilgrimage at last at an end. William's young attendant, Elave, accompanies the body and sets about trying to secure a burial place on the grounds of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, despite William's once having been reproved for 'heretical views.' Elave too, has evidentally learned scepticism. After he drunkenly expresses heretical opinions, the mighty prelate

After two centuries of being a colony

Qwilleran samples the life-styles of the rich and famous by hiring a staff of eccentric servants

and flee Tehran

In these trying times

Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think

and the infantile recurrence of totemism

danger is never far away

Their deadly game of passion and deceit will inevitably bring ruin to one of them

and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable

people resort to desperate measures in order to survive

and to not be seen

Though the translator and author of the original book are the same