To Kill or Cure

Cambridge University is in dire financial straitsthe town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels and the plague years have left the colleges with scant resources. Tension between town and gown is at a boiling point and soon explodes into violence and death. Into this maelstrom comes a charismatic physician whose healing methods owe more to magic than medicinebut his success threatens Matthew Bartholomew's professional reputation, and his life.

Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of a Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner's officer. Her series of medieval mysteries, including Blood on the Strand, The Hand of Justice, The Mark of a Murderer, and The Tarnished Chalice have gained a formidable following.