In The Difficult Saint, Sharan Newman returns to medieval France and the murder-haunted Catherine LeVendeur, heroine of this acclaimed series. After a harrowing stay with Catherine's in-laws in Scotland, Catherine and her husband, Edgar, have returned home with their two small children to live a life of peace at last-or so they hope. But soon the safety of those they love is questioned as anti-Jewish sentiment begins to grow in Paris. Raised Catholic...

Disbelieving the magical legends handed down by her ancestors, twelfth-century French noblewoman Catherine LeVendeur becomes alarmed when her castle's fortune-making well threatens to go dry, a situation that leads to murder.

"As a former novitiate in the Order of the Paraclete, Catherine LeVendeur has had more than her share of adventures. In fact, intrigue-and murder-seem to dog her path. Catherine chose love over churchly devotion by falling in love with her Saxon nobleman, Edgar, and her family earnestly hoped that married life would settle this most headstrong and unusual woman. But heaven has a way of playing with mortals. The mummified arm of St. Aldhelm is stolen...

Catherine Le Vendeur's curiosity and passion for justice have sometimes led her to solve grisly murders and brave horrors...but this time the threat is to those she loves. Catherine's family business relies on her cousin Solomon to negotiate the treacherous path to riches. The fact that Solomon is her cousin is secret, however, because he's Jewish, and if their family connections were discovered, it could mean ruin or death. When Solomon's father,...