shrewsbury (england)

Just before a prisoner exchange, one of the prisoners dies under mysterious circumstances and Brother Cadfael suspects it is not a natural death. He sets about on an investigation with stunning results.

Coroner Martha Gunn is called in to investigate when a woman arrives at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with a mummifie d infant wrapped in pink blanket, and as she tries to discover who the child is and why the woman has brought it to the hospital years after it died, Martha realizes she has stumbled upon a shocking secret.

In medieval times, an English prior becomes involved in a mystery when he leads a delegation into Wales to acquire the bones of Saint Winifred.

Brother Cadfael must solve the murder of a prospective bridegroom when another contender for the hand of the same lady is a suspect.