One Corpse too Many

Edith Pargeter · first published 1979 · ISBN 9780446400510

After King Stephen's forces execute captured rebels at Shrewsbury Castle, Brother Cadfael discovers an extra body among the dead, strangled rather than hanged. The victim is a squire murdered for treasure he was smuggling to Wales. Cadfael's methodical investigation of timeline, objects, and witnesses exposes the true killer.