Ariana Franklin (Diana Norman) was born in Devon and at twenty became the youngest reporter then on Fleet Street. She was also the author of the critically acclaimed Mistress of the Art of Death, The Death Maze and Relics of the Dead, all featuring anatomist Adelia Aguilar. She passed away in 2011.

"Franklin is one of the very best creators of medieval whodunits writing today" Guardian "Few historical novelists make their oddly clad characters, from monarchs to wattle-and-daubers, seem so much like real people" Daily Telegraph "I'd like to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery!" -- TESS GERRITSEN "An excellent medieval mystery, full of colour and tension" Choice magazine

Ariana Franklin (Diana Norman) was born in Devon and at twenty became the youngest reporter then on Fleet Street. She was also the author of the critically acclaimed Mistress of the Art of Death, The Death Maze and Relics of the Dead, all featuring anatomist Adelia Aguilar. She passed away in 2011.

"Franklin is one of the very best creators of medieval whodunits writing today" Guardian "Few historical novelists make their oddly clad characters, from monarchs to wattle-and-daubers, seem so much like real people" Daily Telegraph "I'd like to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery!" -- TESS GERRITSEN "An excellent medieval mystery, full of colour and tension" Choice magazine