Strangers seek refuge at the abbey as floodwaters rise, a body falls, and a relic vanishesin this top drawer mystery featuring the twelfthcentury monk (Chicago SunTimes) In the chill, rainy autumn of 1144, two groups of visitors seek the hospitality of the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, and Brother Cadfael fears trouble has come in with them. Among the first arrivals is Brother Tutilo, a young Benedictine with a guileless face andto Brother Cadfaels shrewd eyesa mischievous intelligence. The second group, a ribald French troubadour, his servant, and a girl with the voice of an angel, seems to Brother Cadfael a catalyst for disaster. All of Cadfaels fears become manifest as rising floodwaters endanger the abbeys most sacred relic, the remains of Saint Winifred. When the bones disappear and a dead body is found, Brother Cadfael knows carnal and spiritual intrigues are afoot. Now, in a world that believes in signs and miracles, Brother Cadfael needs his prayers answeredas well as some heavenly guidance to crucial cluesto catch a killer hellbent on murder.

Binding: Paperback;284 pages; Publisher: Chicago Review Press Inc DBA Indepe; Classification: N/A; Weight: 447.49 g; Dimensions: N/A

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