Cheryl R. (Spuddie) - , reviewed on 8/1/2007 + 412 more book reviews

The eleventh Brother Cadfael mystery in which the war between Empress Maud and King Stephen (now a prisoner) heats up and involves the Bishop of Winchester as well. When two bedraggled Benedictine brothers arrive in Shrewsbury seeking a new home with the news that their abbey has been destroyed in the war, sheriff Hugh Berengar takes an interest, being the King's man in that part of the country. The book proceeds along with a mystery involving a young woman--once the betrothed of one of the newly-arrived Benedictines--who set out to join a nunnery 3 years previously but never arrived. A mystery without a dead body! Still, as the title says, it is indeed an excellent mystery, though I did remember the solution as I've read this book at least once before. Great entry in my favorite historical series of all time!

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