Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church

The 'Apothecary Melchior' series plunges the reader into fifteenth-century Tallinnwhen Estonia is at the edge of Christian lands and the last foothold before the East:a town of foreign merchants and engineers, dominated by the mighty castle ofToompea and the construction of St Olaf's Church, soon to become the tallestbuilding in the world . . .Apothecary Melchior is a divisive figure in the town: respected for his arcaneknowledge and scientific curiosity but also slightly feared for his mystical witchdoctoraura. When a mysterious murder occurs in the castle, Melchior is called in tohelp find the killer and reveals a talent for detection.