Christopher Russell
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Harm done: Detective Chief Inspector Wexford faces growing public unrest over the release of a pedophile, an odd series of abductions, and the disappearance of a wealthy couple's daughter from her bedroom.
The fallen curtain: Abducted briefly as a boy, Richard Clayton cannot remember what happened during those few fateful hours. The mystery dogs him until he reaches the verge of manhood himself.
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In The pilgrim of hate a body turns up in a sack during the annual "Cripples' Day" pilgrimage. In The potter's field, a woman's skeleton is unearthed in a field that has recently been donated to the abbey. In The holy thief, two visiting monks are implicated when holy relics of Saint Winifred disappear.
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A morbid taste for bones: When a young monk claims to see visions of St. Winifred, Cadfael and a party from Shrewsbury Abbey trek to Wales to excavate her holy relics and are met with much hostility.
The raven in the foregate: Father Ailnoth, the new parish priest earns the scorn of all his parishioners. After refusing to baptise the illegitimate baby of a local woman, the priest is found dead in the river.
The rose rent: A beautiful and wealthy...
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The cozy villages of MIdsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Tainted fruit: A wealthy young landlady in Midsomer Malham fears for her life after she callously ignores the plight of an elderly tenant. Ring out your dead: Just before a big competition, someone starts killing members of the church bell-ringing team in Midsomer Wellow. Murder on St. Malley's Day: After a murder at the Devington...