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Tijdens het ploegen van een stuk land dat recentelijk aan de abdij is toegevoegd, doet een van de broeders een wel zeer gruwelijke vondst. In de aarde wordt een ontzield lichaam gevonden en een lange, zijde-achtige haar duidt op de stoffelijke resten van een vrouw. Broeder Cadfael wordt erbij gehaald en voor hij het weet staat hij voor een van de moeilijkste raadsels uit zijn bestaan - een raadsel dat pas na enkele zeer onverwachte wendingen wordt opgelost...

Broeder Cadfael wordt naar Wales gestuurd om de beenderen van een gestorven heilige te bemachtigen. Het klooster van Shrewsbury zou wèl varen bij het bezit van de botten, die, naar verluidt, bovennatuurlijke krachten bezitten. Wanneer Cadfael de tocht aanvaardt, vindt hij vele obstakels op zijn weg, onder andere een wonderlijke dode...

Op een snerpend koude wintermiddag wordt Cadfael gevraagd om wat hulp te bieden in een naburig klooster. Of hij onderweg wil uitkijken naar twee vermiste jongelieden en hun chaperonne. Tijdens het vallen van de avond trekt Cadfael door het besneeuwde landschap. Wanneer hij bij een dichtgevroren beek komt, ziet hij onder het ijs de contouren van een menselijke gedaante. Het is een jonge vrouw... vermoord. Cadfael zweert de nare zaak op te lossen, nog vóór de dooi zijn intrede doet...

Silver Dagger and Edgar Award-winner Ellis Peters offers the 19th chronicle in her enchanting 12th-century mystery series featuring that beloved medieval sleuth Brother Cadfael. The Holy Thief combines excitement, romance, and intrigue with meticulously researched and endlessly fascinating details of medieval life.

In 1142, in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul a momentous chain of events begins. Following the demise of Richard Ludel, his 10-year-old son becomes the new lord of Eaton. Soon after, a corpse is found in the forest and Brother Cadfael must track down a ruthless murderer.

A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael's abbey, leaving the monk with a terrible mystery to solve. The key to the killing is hidden among the inhabitants of the Saint Giles leper colony, and Brother Cadfael must ferret out a sickness not of the body, but of a twisted mind.

Nel caldo afoso dell'estate del 1141, due monaci, fratello Humilis e fratello Fidelis, chiedono ospitalità all'abbazia di Shrewsbury. Humilis, un ex crociato, ha abbandonato la promessa sposa per dedicarsi al servizio del Signore, mentre Fidelis, un giovane novizio muto, è un personaggio enigmatico. Entrambi cercano di sfuggire alla violenza che devasta Winchester. Tuttavia, il loro arrivo sconvolge la vita di molti e innesca un complesso gioco di rivelazioni, mescolando un passato scomodo e un presente lacerato da rimorsi. La vera identità di Fidelis e il mistero della scomparsa della fanciulla promessa a Humilis diventano centrali. Fratello Cadfael, con la sua abilità di esplorare l'animo umano, si trova a dover risolvere questo "mistero doppio", salvando una vita e proteggendo la reputazione dell'Ordine benedettino. Presto, Cadfael si rende conto che ci sono segreti che dovrebbero rimanere sepolti, domande da non porre e persone da non ritrovare.

Al giovane monaco benedettino Mark, mandato in missione nell'estate del 1144 nella diocesi dell'estremo sud del Galles, viene affiancato fratello Cadfael che, essendo gallese, conosce lingua e costumi del Paese. Ben presto però i due si trovano coinvolti nella faida tra il principe regnante, Owain Cwynedd,e il fratello, Cadwaladr, ritenuto responsabile di un assassinio e bandito. Owain ha tuttavia acconsentito a ricevere nel suo maniero un fedele seguace del fratello, Bledri. In una sola notte la situazione precipita: un messaggero annuncia che al largo della costa è stata avvistata una flotta di danesi armati, mercenari al soldo di Cadwaladr, intenzionato a riconquistare le sue terre.

The fourth anniversary of the transfer of Saint Winifred's bones to the Abbey at Shrewsbury is a time of celebration for the 12th-century pilgrims gathering from far and wide. In distant Winchester, however, a knight has been murdered. Could it be because he was a supporter of the Empress Maud, one of numerous pretenders to the throne? It's up to herbalist, sleuth, and Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael to track down the killer in the pious throng.

A pause in the civil war offers Shrewsbury's townsfolk hope that the upcoming fair will be successful, but the discovery of the body of a wealthy merchant could destroy that hope.

Christmas, 1141 AD. Abbot Radulfus returns from London, bringing with him a priest for the vacant living of Holy Cross (known as the Foregate), a man of presence, scholarship and discipline, but neither humility nor the common touch. When he is found drowned in the mill-pond, suspicion is cast in many directions, not least towards a young man who came in the priest's train, sent to work in Brother Cadfael's garden. For he has little obvious priestly calling. Indeed, he soon attracts the friendship of a girl both beautiful and formidable. To Brother Cadfael, once worldly, now dedicated, if gently cynical, is left the familiar task of sorting the complicated strands which define guilt and innocence.

A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June 22nd. On that day the young widow Perle must receive one white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey or the contract is void. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent - and is found murdered beside the hacked rose-bush. The abbey's wise herbalist, Brother Cadfael, follows the trail of bloodied petals. He knows the lovely widow's dowry is far greater with her house included, and she will likely wed again. But before Cadfael can ponder if a greedy suitor has done this dreadful deed, another crime is committed. Now the good monk must thread his way through a tangle more tortuous than the widow's thorny bushes -- or there will be more tears...

In his ninth outing the beloved Brother Cadafel must helps a lovelorn young Welshman accused of murdering a sheriff.*

Kinsey met Bobby Callahan in the gym on Monday morning. His story was hard to credit: a murderous assault by a tailgating car on a lonely rural road, a roadside smash into a canyon 400 feet below, his porsche a ruin, his best friend dead, and his memory severly impaired. He was convinced someone was trying to kill him. By Thursday he was dead. But Kinsy wasnt going back on a deal. She has been hired to prevent a murder. Now she was looking for the murderer....