One Corpse Too Many, Ellis Peters
One Corpse Too Many, Ellis Peters
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One Corpse Too Many
2

Author: Ellis Peters

Narrator: Stephen Thorne

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2011

Synopsis

In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden to the bloody battlefield. 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: ninety-five bodies lie in a row, and the extra corpse tells 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 boys' clothing, a missing treasure, and a single broken flower - the tiny bit of evidence that Cadfael believes can most easily expose a murderer's black heart . . .

About Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters (1913-1995) was the pseudonym of Edith Pargeter. She was a renowned writer of detective novels and was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger for a lifetime's achievement in the genre.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on August 16, 2024

Brother Cadfael erstwhile Crusader, warrior, sailor, philanderer turned monk, retired to the quiet life in the medieval, Benedictine Abbey of Shrewsbury near the border with self-ruling Wales, ( for now) a boring existence he needs, weeding in the gardens , growing fruits and vegetables and herbs, b......more

Goodreads review by Charles on August 10, 2021

Where better to hide a corpse than among a pile of corpses? However the murderer didn't count on Brother Cadfael's observant eye or his persistence. In this second novel of the series, Cadfael meets his future, frequent ally, Hugh Beringar.......more

Goodreads review by Lady Clementina on February 18, 2019

Book 2 of the Brother Cadfael series, which is one I’ve been reading in no particular order. The series is set in 12th Century England where a civil war is raging between cousins King Stephen and Empress Maud, both claimants to the throne. People support one or the other as per their beliefs (and op......more

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on November 15, 2018

Ellis Peters’ “A Morbid Taste For Bones” travelled but the home-sticking “One Corpse Too Many” was action-packed. Whether the constant movement kept Edith Pargeter’s soft adverbs in check, or she improved; I was relieved. I enjoyed her second novel so much better than I thought and won’t mind readin......more

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