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Name: A Morbid Taste for Bones
Author: Ellis Peters
Year: 1977
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Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction

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ISBN:
9780446400152
0446400157
Ellis Peters' introduction to the murderous medieval world of Brother Cadfael...
A Morbid Taste for Bones

In the remote Welsh mountain village of Gwytherin lies the grave of Saint Winifred. Now, in 1137, the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the sacred remains for his Benedictine order. Native Welshman Brother Cadfael is sent on the expedition to translate and finds the rustic villagers of Gwytherin passionately divided by the Benedictine's offer for the saint's relics. Canny, wise, and all too wordly, he 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 held the bow. Brother Cadfael knows a carnal hand did the killing. 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 Cadfael's own ruin.
This book is part of the "Chronicles of Brother Cadfael" series.
Here are some other books from this series:
The Leper of Saint Giles
First published 1981
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, Pop Rating:2.9/10
The Sanctuary Sparrow
First published 1983
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, Pop Rating:2.6/10
One Corpse Too Many
First published 1979
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, Pop Rating:3.7/10
Monk's Hood
First published 1980
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, Pop Rating:3/10
The Virgin in the Ice
First published 1982
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, Original Star Rating:
, Adjustred Star Rating:
, Pop Rating:2.9/10
Saint Peter's Fair
First published 1981
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, Pop Rating:2.9/10
The Heretic's Apprentice
First published 1989
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, Pop Rating:2.3/10
The Hermit of Eyton Forest
First published 1987
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, Pop Rating:2.3/10
The Third Cadfael Omnibus
First published 1992
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, Pop Rating:1.2/10
The First Cadfael Omnibus
First published 1988
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, Pop Rating:1.3/10
The Fifth Cadfael Omnibus
First published 1994
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, Pop Rating:1/10
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