title: Murder Most Medieval: Noble Tales of Ignoble Demises
author: Martin H. Greenberg
description: Here are thirteen deadly tales, all set within the dramatic turmoil of medieval Europe. Murder mystery fans and history buffs alike will be riveted by the selections offered by master anthologist Martin H. Greenberg and Nebula Award-winner John Helfers. You'll meet Peter Tremayne's seventh-century Celtic detective, Sister Fidelma, in "Like a Dog Returning;" discover Clayton Emery's take on Robin Hood in "Plucking a Mandrake;" learn about Brother Cadfael, soldier-turned-sleuthing-monk, from the wicked pen of Ellis Peters; and many others?all in the service of investigating crime in the Middle Ages, from the misdeeds of commoners to the felonies of kings.
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  # The Shadow of a Crime
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Hall Caine
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
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  PREFACE.
  
  
  CHAPTER I. THE CITY OF WYTHBURN.
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE CRIME IN THE NIGHT.
  
  
  CHAPTER III. IN THE RED LION.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE OUTCAST.
  
  
  CHAPTER V. THE EMPTY SADDLE.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. THE HOUSE ON THE MOSS.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. SIM'S CAVE.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. ROBBIE'S REDEMPTION.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. THE SHADOW OF THE CRIME.
  
  
  CHAPTER X. MATTHA BRANTH'ET “FLYTES” THE PARSON.
  
  
  
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. LIZA'S WILES.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. THE FLIGHT ON THE FELLS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. A 'BATABLE POINT.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. UNTIL THE DAY BREAK.
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. RALPH'S SACRIFICE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. AT SUNRISE ON THE RAISE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. THE GARTHS: MOTHER AND SON.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. THE DAWN OF LOVE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX. THE BETROTHAL.
  
  
  CHAPTER XX. “FOOL, OF THYSELF SPEAK WELL.”
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI. MRS. GARTH AT SHOULTHWAITE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII. THE THREATENED OUTLAWRY.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII. SH