Mistress of the Art of Death Ariana Franklin   -  Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007  - 

Set in medieval England, this chilling, mesmerizing novel combines the best of modern forensic thrillers with the detail and drama of historical fiction, as a Rmistress of the art of deathS--an early version of a medical examiner--arrives in Cambridge from Italy to investigate the suspicious deaths of four children

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