Bone of Contention — Roberta Gellis

Magdalene knew there was trouble brewing in Oxford, with King Stephen bringing to-gether his great council. But she never ex-pected it would be murder, with her patron's men, Niall Arvagh of Murcot, named the murderer. Had Niall killed St. Cyr because he claimed to be betrothed to the pretty heiress whom Niall wanted for himself? Or as rumor claimed, had Niall killed on orders of his master, for political reasons?