THE DESECRATION OF THE HOST

Serafina, a Beguine, feels comfortable in her new surroundings. But soon the city of Freiburg is scandalized by a particularly disturbing case of host desecration at the cathedral – the holiest place in Freiburg! Suspicion centres on a Jewish shoemaker who then confesses to everything under torture. Yet Serafina believes someone else may have been responsible, but the man she has in mind is soon found dead. And she finds that she has reason to suspect Achatz, a doctor and Serafina’s secret ally …