Monk’s Hood

Ellis Peter

The Chronicles Of Brother Cadfael book 3

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Cover has wear mostly around the edges and corners. Inside cover is tanned. Spine has creasing. Pages are clean no internal tears, marks, or creases.

Christmas 1138. Gervase Bonel is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he suddenly takes ill. Luckily, the abbey boasts the services of the clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the mans bedside, only to be confronted with two surprises: In Master Bonels wife, the good monk recognizes Richildis, whom he loved before he took his vowsand Master Bonel has been fatally poisoned by monks-hood oil from Cadfaels stores.

The sheriff is convinced that the murderer is Richildiss son, Edwin, who hated his stepfather. But Cadfael, guided in part by his concern for a woman to whom he was once betrothed, is certain of her sons innocence. Using his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael deciphers a deadly recipe for murder.

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