Master Surgeon, Flavio Gaglione, is coerced into poisoning the beloved Cardinal Fournier of Lyon in a political battle for succession to the Papacy in Avignon. To save himself from excommunication and possible execution, Gaglione escapes to Saragossa disguised as a Jewish merchant. Forced to serve as a military surgeon during the war between Castile and Aragon, Gaglione distinguishes himself in the service of King Peter the Cruel. When captured by the forces of Pope Clement V, Gaglione is returned to Avignon during the height of the Black Death to face trial for murder.

Doyle's Beat is a semi-fictional account of the murder of Harvard Professor George Parkman by Harvard Professor John Webster, as seen through the eyes of Inspector James Doyle of the Boston Police Department. Doyle and his assistant, Sean Cannon, tell of their recovery of the dismembered body of Dr. Parkman in a deep pit under the laboratory of Dr. Webster. Doyle and Cannon take us through the most famous murder trial of the century, and along the way provide a glimpse of the public's reaction and the struggles of Boston's Irish immigrants in a city governed by a wealthy Harvard educated...

A fictional account of the life of Sean Cannon as told in his memoires describing how he made his fortune in Transcontinental Railroad stocks and hotels. His life undergoes profound changes when confronted by supernatural events related to his deceased wife.