num_pages: 288
description: In the chill rainy autumn of 1144 two groups of visitors seek the hospitality of the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul and Brother Cadfael fears trouble has come in with them. Among the first arrivals is Brother Tutilo a young Benedictine with a guileless face andto Brother Cadfaels shrewd eyesa mischievous intelligence. The second group a ribald French troubadour his servant and a girl with the voice of an angel seems to Brother Cadfael a catalyst for disaster. All of Cadfaels fears become manifest as rising floodwaters endanger the abbeys most sacred relic the remains of Saint Winifred. When the bones disappear and a dead body is found Brother Cadfael knows carnal and spiritual intrigues are afoot. Now in a world that believes in signs and miracles Brother Cadfael needs his prayers answeredas well as some heavenly guidance to crucial cluesto catch a killer hell-bent on murder.
language: English
title: The Holy Thief
publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road