A morbid taste for bones
Language: English
Brother (Fictitious character) Cadfael Civilization Detective and mystery stories Fiction General Great Britain Medieval Monks Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery and Detective Stories Shrewsbury (England) Suspense
Publisher: Morrow
Published: Nov 14, 1978
Description:
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Murder in the twelfth century is no different from murder today. There is still a dead body, though this time with an arrow through the heart instead of a bullet. There is still a need to bury the dead, to comfort the living - and to catch the murderer. When Brother Cadfael comes to a village in the Welsh hills, he finds himself doing all three of those things. And there is nothing simple about this death. The murdered man's daughter needs Cadfael's help in more ways than one. There are questions about the arrow. And the burial is the strangest thing of all ...