The Holy Thief: 19 (Cadfael Chronicles)

The Holy Thief: 19 (Cadfael Chronicles)

by EllisPeters (Author)

Synopsis

In the chilly, damp Autumn of 1144, two groups of visitors seek the hospitality of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and Brother Cadfael fears the trouble has come in with them. Among the first arrivals is Brother Tutilo, a young Benedictine with a guileless face and- to Brother Cadfael's shrewd eyes- a 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 Cadfael's fears become manifest as rising flood waters endanger the abbey's most sacred relic, the remains of Saint Winfred. When the bones disappear and a dead body is found, Brother Cadfael knows that carnal and spiritual intrigues are afoot. Now, in a world that believes in signs and miracles, Brother Cadfael needs his prayers answered- as well as some heavenly guidance to crucial clues- to catch a killer hell-bent on murder.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Sphere
Published: 13 Aug 1998

ISBN 10: 0751527327
ISBN 13: 9780751527322
Book Overview: In his nineteenth chronicle Brother Cadfael is charged to investigate the theft of the Abbey's most sacred treasure.

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Soothing, but no shortage of mayhem. * OBSERVER *
Author Bio
Ellis Peters is one of the pseudonyms of Edith Pargeter who wrote several books under her own name and also Peter Benedict, Jolyon Carr and John Redfern. She was the recipient of the Crime Writers Association and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award. She died in 1995.