Cadfael investigates the disappearance of holy relics after a group of monks come to ask for charity.

When a body is found in the hustle and bustle of the annual cripple's day, Cadfael takes the body for investigation but later finds that it has been stolen.

When a party of monks treks to Wales to dig up the remains of St. Winifred, the main opponent to their excavation efforts is found dead.

Cadfael, a Benedictine monk at an abbey in Middle Ages Shrewsbury, solves crimes and murders. In this episode a young monk who falls in love with a beautiful widow is found cruelly bludgeoned to death. Cadfael's investigations lead to another murder.

Suspected of robbing the town goldsmith, a young juggler seeks refuge at the abbey where Brother Cadfael is given the job of keeping an eye on him while the authorities investigate. But things become more complicated when the goldsmith's neighbor is found floating dead in the river.