The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters is another Brother Cadfael mystery. A body has been found buried in a field. Who was she, takes up about half of the story. The reader figures out that she can only be one of two people and gradually, the name is known.
She had been murdered and buried with care. Her arms were crossed over a wooden cross. Her buriel place was safely away from anyone finding her. But her grave was found when a plow unearthed some remains. Her husband seemed the obvious suspect, but he was a monk, now. He played innocent; he was kind of oblivious being very wrapped up in his religiosity. A young monk professed that he loved the deceased, and she rejected him. That's why he entered the monastery. So, he was suspect.
Then there was a traveling peddler. There was even another woman who could have killed her, but she moved on and was a help to Brother Cadfael. But still.
The mystery is eventually solved by someone coming forward with a confession, but I won't spoil the story by telling you "Who done it."
I found this book to be one of the best in the Brother Cadfael series. It is a true medieval mystery.
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