Virgin in the Ice (Brother Cadfael My...
Ellis PetersBrother Cadfael is called upon to apply his healing skills to a wounded monk who has been attacked and becomes intrigued when the holy man's feverish ravings identify the location of three missing refugees. Reprint. PW.
Edgar Award-winner from the Mystery Writers of America and Silver Dagger Award-winer from the British Crime Writers Association, Ellis Peters presents the 16th chronicle of the bestselling medieval mystery series featuring Brother Cad...
Finally, Brother Cadfael's many fans can discover the chain of events that led him into the Benedictine Order! Lavishly illustrated, these three tales show Cadfael at the height of his sleuthing form. 'Three classic stories featuring ...
The Hermit of Eyton Forest: The Fourt...
Ellis PetersIn this medieval mystery set in the cloisters of England, a strange series of events threatens the fragile equilibrium of life. Brother Cadfael must leave his herb garden and devote himself to tracking down a ruthless murderer.
Sanctuary Sparrow (Brother Cadfael My...
Ellis PetersIn the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound- a hunt in full cry. Persued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creatu...
In October of 1142, a local landlord gives the Potter's Field to the local clergy. The monks begin to plow it, and the blades turn up the long tresses of a young woman, dead over a year. Then the arrival of a novice who fled from an a...
A Morbid Taste for Bones (The Chronic...
Ellis PetersOn an expedition to acquire a saint's remains, Brother Cadfael instead finds intrigue and murder It is 1137, and the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey wishes to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for the glory of his Benedictine o...
The fourth anniversary of the transfer of Saint Winifred's bones to the Abbey at Shrewsbury is a time of celebration for the 12th-century pilgrims gathering from far and wide. In distant Winchester, however, a knight has been murdered...
The Holy Thief: The Nineteenth Chroni...
Ellis PetersThe 19th chronicle of Brother Cadfael. In the chill autumn of 1144, rising flood waters endanger the sacred remains of St. Winifred, the abbey's most cherished possession. When the bones disappear and a corpse is found, Brother Cadfae...
To tie in with the hardcover release of Peters' The Benediction of Brother Cadfael, here is the 18th entry in the eminently successful medieval detective series. In the summer of 1144, Brother Cadfael is sent to Wales on church busine...
Saint Peter's Fair (The Chronicles of...
Ellis PetersIn the twelfth century, merchants gather at a summertime fair—but when one of them is found dead in a river, a crime-solving monk must step in. St. Peter's Fair is a grand, festive event, attracting merchants from across England and...
The Leper of Saint Giles (The Chronic...
Ellis PetersBrother Cadfael must travel to the heart of a leper colony to root out the secret to a savage murder Setting out for the Saint Giles leper colony outside Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael has more pressing matters on his mind than the grand...