The heretic's apprentice

Edith Pargeter · first published 1989 · ISBN 9780446400008

A pilgrim returning to Shrewsbury Abbey brings troubling accusations of heresy against himself, while a household clerk lies murdered over a valuable medieval psalter. Brother Cadfael must clear the pilgrim's name and uncover which death was truly the crime that mattered. The investigation reveals a 10th-century treasure hidden for generations.