A Morbid Taste for Bones

Ellis Peters · first published 1977 · ISBN 9780688033743

Brother Cadfael investigates the theft of a saint's bones intended for a Welsh monastery. The case takes him from his abbey in Shrewsbury to Wales, where ancient political tensions and modern greed collide. A young Welsh girl becomes central to unraveling a murder hidden beneath layers of religious devotion and territorial ambition.