Ellis Peters

In the battle of Lincoln, the sheriff of Shropshire is captured, and the king himself is detained by his enemies. An exchange of prisoners is arranged: the sheriff will be bartered for a young Welsh lordling who has been captured during a misguided assault on a convent. All seems to be going according to plan until one of the prisoners dies under mysterious circumstances before the exchange is completed. Cadfael must determine whether the death was...

A collection of three stories of 12th-century monastic life including a Christmas story, a tale of robbery and attempted murder, and a narrative of Brother Cadfael's early years.

In November, 1139 A.D., Brother Cadfeal becomes involved in the search for two missing orphans and their escort.

Brother Cadfael's shrewd eyes see all: The prosperous merchant who rings false, an angelic, lame boy and his beautiful, dowerless sister, and two wealthy penitents. In the name of justice, Cadfael sets out to uncover the strange and twisted tale that accompanies these travelers. Instead, he unearths a quest for vengeance, witnesses a miracle, and finds himself on a razor's edge between death or the absolution of love.

Brothers seek out and fight supernatural forces in an attempt to find their mysteriously missing father and the person or force responsible for their mother's death.