Under the name Medora Sale, Caroline Roe has penned six police procedurals, including an award-winning novel. These stories unfold in and around Toronto, featuring homicide detective John Sanders and architectural photographer Harriet Jeffries. As Caroline Roe, she draws upon her doctoral research into medieval religious diversity to craft the character of a 14th-century Jewish physician to the Bishop of Girona, a doctor with influential patients and a keen eye for wrongdoing. Roe is a former president of both Crime Writers of Canada and the international board of Sisters in Crime.
The author of An Antidote for Avarice continues the intriguing adventures of blind Jewish physician Isaac of Gerona. In medieval Spain, Isaac heads the search for the fabled Holy Grail -- and an unholy killer...
Gerona en el año 1353: Isaac, el médico judío ciego, es venerado por sus habilidades como sanador y por su casi sobrenatural capacidad para distinguir el bien del mal. Mientras lucha por salvar la vida de sus pacientes, que están amenazados por la peste que asola la ciudad, Isaac descubre que la epidemia no es el único asesino en esta ciudad catalana... Pronto, Isaac y su familia se ven atrapados en una intrincada red de intrigas cortesanas.