Cadfael Chronicles #2: One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters

Read: 27 June, 2009

Cadfael does it again! When political strife leads to a mass execution, a murderer assumes that one corpse among many won’t be noticed. But Cadfael sees through this morbid disguise and, along with some new friends, he refuses to let the dead rest without justice.

As always, Peters delivers an excellent mystery with interesting characters and plot. Somehow, she manages to have a realistic and even dark plotline while still seeming innocent and unoffensive. There is also an element of feminist rebellion in the novel, as two women choose their own life paths.

Like most Cadfael novels, this is a pleasant and interesting read, a good mystery with good characters.

Other books in the Cadfael Chronicles series:

1. A Morbid Taste for Bones


2. One Corpse Too Many


3. Monk's Hood


4. Saint Peter's Fair


5. The Leper of Saint Giles


6. The Virgin in the Ice


7. The Sanctuary Sparrow


8. The Devil's Novice


9. Dead Man's Ransom


10. The Pilgrim of Hate


11. An Excellent Mystery


12. The Raven in the Foregate


13. The Rose Rent


14. The Hermit of Eyton Forest


15. The Confession of Brother Haluin


16. The Heretic's Apprentice


17. The Potter's Field


18. The Summer of the Danes


19. The Holy Thief


20. Brother Cadfael's Penance


21. A Rare Benedictine (prequel)