It is May 1137, and the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shewsbury seems to be in spiritual (and financial) straights because they have no sacred relics to attract pilgrims. However, a rather too-convenient vision of an obscure Welsh female saint, St. Winnifred, sends a group of the Brothers, headed by the ambitious Prior Robert and including the Welsh-born Brother Cadfael, to the village of Gwytherin, where the saint is supposed to be buried.

The case is proving difficult to crack, and for Watson there are tricky matters of the heart to negotiate. 

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Dr. Watson remonstrates with Holmes about his cocaine usage. Holmes claims that his mind "rebels at stagnation", and that he needs a problem to solve in order to stimulate himself.

Two young undergraduates think they've committed the perfect murder. 

With England at civil war in 1138, Brother Cadfael has a medieval murder on his hands.

Mr. Justice Carstairs is a High Court judge...as well as a chronic worrier and extremely conscientious. In a recent case, he sentenced a man to ten years imprisonment; however, his conscience begins to prick him about the way in which he conducted the trial and that the alibi given by the defendant's wife may in fact be true

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, in which a broken leg is no barrier to leading the hunt for a real-life demon of Victorian crime ... a man whom, it is said, claimed at the very moment of his execution that he was Jack the Ripper!

Howard Gilbert has been convicted of murdering Brenda Sterling. Mr. Stirling, Brenda's father, visits Paul Temple and expresses his belief that Gilbert is innocent

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The conversation revolves around the story of Clyde Griffiths, a young man who becomes involved in a series of tragic events. He starts off as a bellhop, but his life takes a turn when he meets Roberta Alden and falls in love with her. However, Clyde is also involved with another woman, Sandra Finchley. As the story unfolds, Clyde's relationships become complicated, leading to a tragic accident that results in Roberta's death. Clyde is arrested and stands trial for murder, ultimately being found guilty and sentenced to death.

 Wilder's epistolary novel centred around the last days of the Roman republic.