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One Corpse Too Many
Chronicles of Brother Cadfael (Related to this series)
- Author
- Ellis Peters
- Narrator
- Patrick Tull
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 27 November 2009
- Run Time
- 9 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden into a battlefield of passions, deceptions, and death. Not far from the safety of the abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninety-four defenders loyal to the Empress to hang as traitors. With a heavy heart, Brother Cadfael agrees to bury the dead, only to make a grisly discovery: one extra victim that has been strangled, not hanged.
This ingenious way to dispose of a corpse tells Brother Cadfael that the killer is both clever and ruthless. But one death among so many seems unimportant to all but the good Benedictine. He vows to find the truth behind disparate clues: a girl in boy's clothing, a missing treasure, and a single broken flower … the tiny bit of evidence that Cadfael believes can expose a murderer's black heart.
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Details
- Author
- Ellis Peters
- Narrator
- Patrick Tull
- Duration
- 9 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 November 2009
- ISBN
- 9781440788765
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Classic fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Synopsis
When Shrewsbury Castle falls, Brother Cadfael discovers a murder mystery amidst the wreckageIn the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden into a battlefield of passions, deceptions, and death. Not far from the safety of the abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninety-four defenders loyal to the Empress to hang as traitors. With a heavy heart, Brother Cadfael agrees to bury the dead, only to make a grisly discovery: one extra victim that has been strangled, not hanged.This ingenious way to dispose of a corpse tells Brother Cadfael that the killer is both clever and ruthless. But one death among so many seems unimportant to all but the good Benedictine. He vows to find the truth behind disparate clues: a girl in boy's clothing, a missing treasure, and a single broken flower … the tiny bit of evidence that Cadfael believes can expose a murderer's black heart.
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