A Bone of Contention (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles)

It is 1392 and Matthew Bartholomew physician to Michaelhouse College is called to examine some mysterious bones found in the Kings Ditch. The next day he is called to the Ditch againa student has been found dead there. Meanwhile there is unrest in the town and the strange disappearance of Dominica the former lover of the dead student. Are these events connected? Then a skeletal hand is found in the Ditch hailed by townsfolk as the final remains of local martyr Simon dAmbrey and hence a holy relic. When Bartholomew finds that the hand is wearing a ring apparently identical to a pair that were worn by Dominica and her ex-lover and now missing he knows that his investigative skills are called for.