‘A kettle of black vultures soared above us. I tapped Anna’s arm again and pointed. Anna’s face lit with wonder. The birds’ huge wingspans made them look like dark angels.

‘Are they a good omen or a bad, Beatriz?’ Anna asked.

I shrugged. ‘They are birds flying in the sky. That’s what they do. I take no notice of auguries.’

It’s 1093 and the trobairitz Beatriz and the lady’s maid Anna are travelling in the Pyrenees where they encounter murder, a revenant, and some very bad weather. Salt’s Wound is published in paperback and ebook on 3 November https://www.amazon.co.uk/Salts-Wound-Trobairitz-Sleuth-Book-ebook/dp/B0HKYSQ2KF/