WHEN A GIFTED FIELD BECOMES A DANISH GIFT... While cultivating Hrnčíř's field, donated to the monastery, the monks from the Abbey of St. Peter and Paul discover the remains of an unknown woman. The bones show no signs of violent death, and the fate of the individual is thus as much a mystery as her identity. Brother Cadfael, along with Sheriff Hugh Beringar, embarks on an investigation and quickly finds themselves in a very delicate situation. The last tenant of the land was Ruald, a former potter and now a monk. Could he be the murderer? Ruald renounced all worldly things upon taking his monastic vows, including his beautiful wife Generys, who subsequently disappeared. People whispered that she ran away with a lover, but what if something worse happened to her? What if she had been lying in an unconsecrated grave all this time, waiting for justice? And who is the mysterious Sulien Blount, who supposedly has proof that the woman is alive and well?
