Cadfael is called upon to bury 94 rebel soldiers. The ceremony is disrupted when Cadfael finds one corpse too many, and no one is above suspicion as he hunts for the murderer.

Brother Cadfael investigates the disappearance of Baron Huon de Domville who mysteriously rides off alone into the night on the eve of his wedding and is never seen alive again.

The main opponent to the monks' excavation of St. Winifred's remains is found dead and not even the monks are exempt from suspicion.

Cadfael, a Benedictine monk at an abbey in Middle Ages Shrewsbury, solves crimes and murders; In this episode, Cadfael suspects that a young novice is hiding at the abbey, rather than following a religious calling.

Cadfael, a Benedictine monk at an abbey in Middle Ages Shrewsbury, helps clear the name of a novice brother in the death of a girl who was frozen at the bottom of a brook.

Brothers from Ramsey come to Shrewsbury looking for money to rebuild their monastery, which has been ransacked by rebel soldiers. They claim that a loan of Saint Winifred's Holy Relics, which are housed at Shrewsbury, would be suitable generosity. Cadfael and the Abbot opt to provide the men with a gift of precious gems instead. Then, during a cataclysmic night of violent storms, the Holy Relics disappear. Cadfael is dispatched to recover them and...