A morbid taste for bones - Library Corner

197 pages

English language

Published May 2, 1994 by Mysterious Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-446-40015-2
OCLC Number:: 29774375

(1 review)

In the 12th-century Benedictine monastery of Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael has settled down to a quiet life in charge of the herbarium. It is fortunate his prowess as a herbalist is matched by his detective skills - when his prior acquires the bones of a saint, the obstacles include murder.

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Library Orb reviewed A morbid taste for bones by Edith Pargeter (Brother Cadfael (1))

A Debut That's Hard to Beat

4 stars

The first outing for medieval mystery monk Brother Cadfael has everything: religious tensions, vying vendettas, and a murder that can only be solved in a truly bizarre fashion.

Subjects

Great Britain -- History -- Stephen, 1135-1154 -- Fiction
Shrewsbury (England) -- History -- Fiction