Hidden within the sacred box is the most beautiful illuminated manuscript Alex has ever seen. Modern day- Alexandra Patterson, an appraiser of medieval relics, has been summoned to Kildare to examine a reliquary box believed to belong to Saint Brigid.

When Brigid assigns Decius a holy task-to create the most important and sacred manuscript ever made-he finds himself at odds with his original mission and faces the most difficult decision of his life. As Decius records the unorthodox practices of Brigid and her abbey, he becomes intrigued by her. Hearing accounts of Brigid's power, the Church deems her a threat and sends Decius, a Roman priest and scribe, on a secret mission to collect proof of Brigid's heresy. Followers flock to her Kildare abbey and scriptorium. Fifth-century Ireland- Brigid is Ireland's first and only female priest and bishop. What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators?Īgatha Christie novels have withstood the test of time, due in no small part to Christie's masterful storytelling and clever mind that may never be matched, but Agatha Christie's untold history offers perhaps her greatest mystery of all.Rich in historical detail, Heather Terrell's mesmerizing novel Brigid of Kildare is the story of the revolutionary Saint Brigid and the discovery of the oldest illuminated manuscript in the annals of the Church, a manuscript that contains an astonishing secret history. With her trademark historical fiction exploration into the shadows of the past, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such murky historical mysteries. The puzzle of those missing 11 days has persisted. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.

Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car - strange for a frigid night. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. The New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of The Only Woman in the Room returns with a thrilling reconstruction of one of the most notorious events in literary history: Agatha Christie's mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926. 'A deft, fascinating page-turner replete with richly drawn characters and plot twists that would stump Hercule Poirot.' (Kate Quinn, New York Times best-selling author of The Alice Network, The Huntress, and The Rose Code)

An instant New York Times and USA Today best seller!

Brigid of Kildare by Heather Terrell