Ritual Murder

Description for RITUAL MURDER by S T Haymon: In the glorious cathedral of Angleby in Norfolk, England, a choirboy lies dead: not only murdered, but horribly mutilated. If the old, monkish chronicles are to be believed, his wounds are identical to those inflicted on a child venerated in the Middle Ages as Little St. Ulf. Ulf's death, in 1144, which was followed by a massacre of the local Jewish population, gave rise to the infamous accusation of ritual murder that brought so much suffering and death to the Jews of medieval Europe. Everyone declares that the murdered child, the sweetest singer in the cathedral choir, was a very quiet boy. So how did he come to such a dreadful end? Detective-Inspector Benjamin Jurnet, in charge of the case, fears that if the killer is not found quickly, anti-Jewish feeling may surface again in Angleby as news of the mutilation spreads---indeed, it is not long before it becomes apparent that the ghost of the ancient lie has still not been laid to