Herald (The Welsh Guard Mysteries #4)

Rhys and Catrin contend with betrayal and insurrection as they resume their duties in the king's court …

September 1284. Within moments of rejoining the king's company, Rhys and Catrin learn King Edward has not only melted down the silver seal matrix of their murdered prince and turned it into a chalice, which he has gifted to the monks at Vale Royal Abbey, but the chalice has gone missing a matter of days before its consecration.

Assigned to find the culprit, they discover instead a populace seething over the predations of the abbey and its officers and an unusual alliance between Norman and Saxon. As the unrest grows in the countryside and Cheshire teeters on the brink of open rebellion, Rhys and Catrin's initial apathy about the theft turns to urgency—for they are not the only ones who have to decide how much they're willing to sacrifice to bring down a king.

Herald is the fourth book in The Welsh Guard Mysteries.