num_pages: 197
description: Ellis Peters' introduction to the murderous medieval world of Brother Cadfael...In the remote Welsh mountain village of Gwytherin lies the grave of Saint Winifred. Now, in 1137, the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the sacred remains for his Benedictine order. Native Welshman Brother Cadfael is sent on the expedition to translate and finds the rustic villagers of Gwytherin passionately divided by the Benedictine's offer for the saint's relics. Canny, wise, and all too wordly, he isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads to bloody murder.The leading opponent to moving the grave has been shot dead with a mysterious arrow, and some say Winifred herself held the bow. Brother Cadfael knows a carnal hand did the killing. But he doesn't know that his plan to unearth a murderer may dig up a case of love and justice...where the wages of sin may be scandal or Cadfael's own ruin.
language: English
title: A Morbid Taste for Bones
titlecomplete: A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
characters: Annest, Brother Jerome, Brother Cadfael, Rhisiart, Brother John, Father Huw, Peredur, Sioned, Prior Robert Pennant, Bened, Abbot Heribert, Engelard, Brother Columbanus
genres: Historical, Crime, Historical Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Detective, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 40786
places: United Kingdom, Wales, Gwytherin, Wales, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
publisher: Grand Central Publishing