St. Peter's Fair

Written by Ellis Peters

Book #4 in the The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series

A merchant's murder at a medieval fair leads to danger and intrigue for a monk detective.

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217 pages

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At the bustling Saint Peter's Fair, a merchant is found dead, a dagger in his heart. Brother Cadfael, a monk with a knack for solving mysteries, is drawn from his herb garden to unravel the truth. As tensions rise between local burghers and monks over fair profits, more lives are threatened. With the merchant's niece in peril, Cadfael must navigate a web of deceit and danger. Can he uncover the killer before it's too late?

From the publisher

Stylishly authentic . . . a graceful and informative case for Peters’ engaging herb-gardening monk. – “Kirkus Reviews” The great annual Fair of Saint Peter at Shrewsbury, a high point in the city’s calendar, attracts merchants from far and wide to do business. But when an unseemly quarrel breaks out between the local burghers and the monks from the Benedictine monastery as to who shall benefit from the levies the fair provides, a riot ensues. Afterwards a merchant is found dead, and Brother Cadfael is summoned from his peaceful herb garden to test his detective skills once more.

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