Brother Cadfael Mysteries Dead Man's Ransom, Book 09, (Paperback)

from antiquary

The sheriff of Shropshire, Gilbert Prestcote, is wounded fighting for King Stephen, and then murdered before he can recover. Cadfael's friend Hugh Berengar, Prestcote's deputy, has to find the kill...

from jen.e.moore

Lots of Welshness in this one, which I enjoyed; really implausible love quadrangle, which I didn't. And like other reviewers, I really want Sister Magdalene to have her own series.

from Auntie-Nanuuq

In a drunken brawl a man accidentally killed.....The Sheriff strict & unyielding hung by the neck until dead the two survivors. One of those hung, his 1/2 brother seeks revenge upon the Sheriff, bu...

from turtlesleap

Brother Cadfael crosses the border into Wales as an emissary for the English and to search for a vital clue to the murder of the Sheriff as he lay ill and sleeping in the monastery. Peters writes h...

from Michael.Rimmer

This was the last of the Brother Cadfael books that I read. They were all really good, but I think I read too many, too quickly and spoiled my appetite for any more. Shame really.