The Will

Ancient universities are full of dark secrets. When graduate student Isabel arrives to study at a university in Scotland – in a quiet little town with a medieval flair, she is surprised to learn that her academic advisor has died... under strange circumstances. Soon, her classmate Rose goes missing. After some time, the girl receives a coded message: Rose is alive but kidnapped, and Isabel must complete the research started by her friend, otherwise both will be killed. All the crimes are connected to the legend of a huge cursed emerald that was once intended as a gift for Catherine de' Medici. Unraveling one thread after another, Isabel goes to Florence and Paris, immersing herself in the atmosphere of medieval family secrets filled with betrayals and infidelities. Will she be able to piece together all the fragments of the puzzle to unravel the mystery of the vanished emerald from four hundred years ago while saving her own life and that of her friend?