Bardd

In Bardd, the fifth book in The Welsh Guard Mysteries, Rhys and Catrin become involved in a dangerous investigation when a key competitor at a royal Welsh music festival is found dead with a forbidden song in his mouth, during King Edward's command to gather Welsh bards. Set against the backdrop of tensions between the Welsh people and the English crown in September 1284, the story follows their efforts to uncover the truth amid political and personal peril.