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One Corpse Too Many is a delightful historical murder mystery from 1979, written by Edith Pargeter as Ellis Peters. One Corpse Too Many is the second novel in the Brother Cadfael mystery series, set in the summer 1138, which brings the medieval world of The Anarchy alive with beautiful prose, memorable characters and adroit plotting. Read the full review…
A Morbid taste for Bones is a masterful medieval murder mystery written by Edith Pargeter and published in 1977. It’s the first novel in the Brother Cadfael mystery series, or The Cadfael Chronicles as it is also known as. A Morbid taste for Bones, the first of the 21 Brother Cadfael novels is delightful intro to the historical mystery series, well-written and skilfully plotted. Read the full review…
Brother Cadfael is a fictional Benedictine monk and a detective created by Edith Pargeter, orginally published under her pen-name Ellis Peters. The Cadfael Mysteries series consists of 21 novels, the first of which “The Morbid Taste fro Bones” was published 1977 and the last, “Brother Cadfael's Penance” in 1994. In this article I’m discussing the merits of Pargeter’s Brother Cadfael and its significance to the genre of historical mystery. Read more about this Great Detectives.
