Cadfael, Brother (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

At the annual fair of Saint Peter, an unseemly quarrel breaks out between the local burghers and the monks, as to who shall benefit from the levies the fair provides. Afterwards a merchant is found dead and Brother Cadfael is called upon to investigate.

In the Shrewsbury spring of 1140 the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey reverberate with an unholy sound, a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the creature bursts into the nave to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off a...

Raging civil war has sent many refugees fleeing north from Worcester, among them two orphans of a great family and their companion, a nun. They all seem to disappear in the wild winter landscape and Brother Cadfael sets out to find them.

Raging civil war has sent many refugees fleeing north from Worcester, among them two orphans of a great family and their companion, a nun. They all seem to disappear in the wild winter landscape and Brother Cadfael sets out to find them.