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:

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.