A morbid taste for bones

a mediaeval whodunnit Brother Cadfael (1)

by

197 pages

English language

Published May 2, 1994 by Mysterious Press.

ISBN:
9780446400152
OCLC Number:
29774375

View on OpenLibrary

3 stars (1 review)

In the 12th-century Benedictine monastery of Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael has settled down to a quiet life in charge of the herbarium. It is fortunate his prowess as a herbalist is matched by his detective skills - when his prior acquires the bones of a saint, the obstacles include murder.

29 editions

reviewed A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

I feel its not as good as later books in the series

3 stars

Must have read this decades ago, then stumbled across a very cheaply made copy in a street library a few months ago and picked it up. Rubbish paper, binding is falling apart, on re-reading it I'm wondering if I ever did read this, the first of the series? Enjoyable enough, I think too much of my memories of the series and characters are from later books that I've read more than once over the years

Subjects

  • Great Britain -- History -- Stephen, 1135-1154 -- Fiction
  • Shrewsbury (England) -- History -- Fiction