Owen is home and has been for a while. Lucie has lost a pregnancy due to a fall and is quite depressed even some time later worrying most everyone. A friend's father has died in captivity after the ransom to the French went awry. The family blames the Bishop of Winchester and Owen is forced to protect him from unseen threats from the Lancastrian allies of the family. A fire at a home the bishop rents out kills a woman who once helped Lucie. Lucie and Owen are out of sync which is annoying given the last two books had them in different countries. Never really find out the whole motive. Not my favorite in the series