Crucible : Alexander Seaton 3

Resumen del libro

Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim has been found murdered in the college courtyard. It falls to his colleague and good friend Alexander Seaton to look into Sim's private life for any clues. Alexander suspects Sim was murdered because of something he knew. On the day of his death, the librarian had been cataloguing a gift of books to the college recently arrived from overseas, among them works on alchemy and hermetics - the pursuit of ancient knowledge. Alexander starts to dig deeper. But the trouble is, knowledge can be deadly...Crucible of Secrets is a fantastic historical thriller that imagines deep-rooted deceptions and a secret whose revelation spells danger for anyone who comes close.