Cadfael

Ramsey Abbey in Cambridgeshire puts in a claim for the remains of St. Winifred, whose reliquary is the object of prayer and lucrative donations to Shrewsbury Abbey.

When a potter gives up his former life to enter the monastery following the death of his wife, the other monks suspect him of murdering her. But when Cadfael investigates, he uncovers a bizarre web of jealousy, infidelity and suicide pacts.

Cadfael has a peculiarly strange case to solve when Prior Robert finds a dead man inside an old dirty sac. The monastery grounds are filled with pilgrims, mostly the lame and the seriously ill, who are there for Cripples Day hoping to be miraculously cured.