At Shrewsbury in 1138, Brother Cadfael has medication for all ills except poison.
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A wealthy landowner is poisoned while staying at the abbey, and when Brother Cadfael is called upon to identify the poison, he is shocked to discover the victim's wife is his own childhood sweetheart.
Monk's-hood: the third chronicle of Brother Cadfael
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A wealthy landowner is poisoned while staying at the abbey, and when Brother Cadfael is called upon to identify the poison, he is shocked to discover the victim's wife is his own childhood sweetheart.
Lovely Emma Vernold takes Brother Cadfael into her confidence in the matter of the murder of her uncle, and Cadfael must rescue her from a terrible fate.
Cadfael agrees to help investigate the murder of a wealthy merchant at St. Perter's Fair, but when two more men are murdered, he realizes that there is more to be learne dthan he is being told.
St. Peter's Fair is a grand, festive event, attracting merchants from across England and beyond. There is a pause in the civil war that is racking the country in the summer of 1139, and the fair promises to bring some much needed gaiety to the town of Shrewsbury.
When a wealthy merchant and two other men are murdered during the fair in the summer of 1139, Brother Cadfael helps the merchant's niece Emma search for the killer before everyone realizes that she knows more than she is telling.
A marriage has been arranged between an aging nobleman and a very young woman, coerced by her greedy guardians. They arrive in Shrewsbury for the ceremony, where a savage killing takes place. Brother Cadfael is called upon to investigate. The fifth chronicle of Brother Cadfael.
Drawing conclusions about a murder that has interrupted the nuptial plans between a reluctant bride and a significantly older man, Brother Cadfael traces the clues to the Saint Giles leper colony.
