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A Morbid Taste For Bones

By: Ellis Peters
Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
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In 1137 the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales, where they find the villagers passionately divided by the Benedictines' offer for the saint's relics.

Canny, wise and all too worldly, Cadfael isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads to bloody murder. The leading opponent to moving the grave has been shot dead with a mysterious arrow, and some say Winifred herself dealt the blow. Brother Cadfael knows that a carnal hand did the killings, but he doesn't know that his plan to unearth a murderer may dig up a case of love and justice, where the wages of sin may be scandal - or his own ruin.

©1984 Ellis Peters (P)2011 Hachette Digital Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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The story of a time that was hard compared to today but was normal life for them.

Enjoyed

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What a strange book - definitely set in the past, and seriously peculiar characters. A medieval sleuth in a monastery full of flawed people. Clever plot and intriguing - keeps you there to the end. I'd read another.

Curious

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Enjoyed this unusual mystery. Ellis Peters books are always entertaining. Narration was great, well done Stephen Thorne.

Delightful, Medieval mystery.

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Pious, impious ... check these words in particular. Not once but several times. Bah, humbug! Bah, humbug!

Do producers ever stop readers when a word is mispronounced .. or a sentence has misplaced emphases.

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I enjoyed listening to this book and meeting Cadfael. A murder mystery set back in history. Most enjoyable.

A bit of fun and mystery

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So enjoyed revisiting this story- having read the book years ago. Good mix of mystery, history and lots to stimulate the mind

Great medieval mystery read

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Very clever, well told, well read. Loved it. Intriguing story, beautifully written and thoroughly amusing.

Very enjoyable

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loved it, narrators Welsh language gave a slyly to a very good mystery story

Great read

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a cosy mystery to listen to saved by reader no brain drain easy listening

easy listening

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