There was a time when this series would occupy as much space on bookstore shelves as the Agatha Christie novels but in recent years the character and series seem to have diminished in popularity. This story is a good case in point as while Cadfael does work to identify and explain a murder, large parts of the tale are not ‘fair play’ or are quite simplistic (for instance, the deduction that if they have a missing part of an object that was dislodged during a murder then the killer may have the remainder of it). While the series employs some elements of the detective story, the novels usually incorporate considerable adventure and romance subplots. He had been a soldier and a sailor in the Crusades, giving him considerable experience of human nature which he is able to use in solving crimes. Paul in Shrewsbury where he tends herbs in the abbey gardens. Brother Cadfael is a Benedictine monk who lives at the Abbey of St. For those who are completely new to the series it is worth giving a little background about the setting and character. It has been over a year since I shared my thoughts on the first of the Brother Cadfael series, A Morbid Taste for Bones. the tiny bit of evidence that Cadfael believes can expose a murderer’s black heart. He vows to find the truth behind disparate clues: a girl in boy’s clothing, a missing treasure, and a single broken flower . . . But one death among so many seems unimportant to all but the good Benedictine.
This ingenious way to dispose of a corpse tells Brother Cadfael that the killer is both clever and ruthless. With a heavy heart, Brother Cadfael agrees to bury the dead, only to make a grisly discovery: one extra victim that has been strangled, not hanged. Not far from the safety of the abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninety-four defenders loyal to the empress to hang as traitors.
In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden into a battlefield of passions, deceptions, and death.
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