A Taste for Penance

In a remote Alpine monastery where silence is sacred and secrets are currency, a powerful Cardinal dies during a ritual feast-after drinking from the same glass as five others. Only one man dies. No poison is found. And the truth should be impossible. Sister Beatrice possesses a rare and unsettling gift-she can read the world through scent. Every lie, every fear, every hidden sin leaves a trace in the air.
But this time, the trail leads to something far more dangerous than murder. A perfectly engineered death. As Beatrice unravels a conspiracy hidden within sacred rituals, she discovers a chilling reality: the killer didn't poison the wine-they poisoned the man days before, using a deadly combination of chemistry, faith, and manipulation. Inside these ancient stone walls: A chef hides a devastating secret A gardener cultivates more than just herbs A billionaire guards a truth worth killing for And someone has turned confession into a weapon.
When Beatrice loses her greatest ability, she must rely on pure logic to solve a crime designed to be unsolvable. But some truths were never meant to be uncovered. And some sins demand more than penance.