In the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140 the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberates with an unholy sound - a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creature bursts into the nave to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man. Accused of robbery and murder is Liliwin, a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of the local goldsmith's son. But his supposed victim, the miserly craftsman, is still alive, although a strongbox lies empty. Brother Cadfael believes that Liliwin is innocent, but finding the truth and the treasure before Liliwin's respite in sanctuary runs out may uncover a deadlier sin than thievery - a desperate love that nothing, not even the threat of hanging, can stop.
| ISBN: | 9780751547085 |
| Publication date: | 10th May 2012 |
| Author: | Ellis Peters |
| Publisher: | Sphere an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Cadfael Chronicles |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery |