

Silent witness meets Game of Thrones 😂😂😂. A good read, but got a bit samey after a while.
Silent witness meets Game of Thrones 😂😂😂. A good read, but got a bit samey after a while.
These are another guilty pleasure for me. The third in Peter's Cadfael series, the Titular monk has to figure out how someone was killed with Monk's Hood oil made from his own workshop. The series is a classic of British Mysteries, and is well worth reading, this installment is no different.
Murder by monk‘s hood (a poison) & almost everyone is a suspect, given the victim was nasty & vindictive. This story divides the despicables—the victim, the sheriff investigating the murder, the prior—from the good folks: Brother Cadfael, the suspects, their Welsh relatives etc. This is the third book in the series and I‘ve liked them all so far. Cadfael is a relatable, likeable character and I look forward to many more of his stories.
A sheriff has come to investigate a murder. I like this kid!
“The little one, voice of natural justice in opposition to law, stated firmly: “Bad man!” and nobody hushed her.”
Brother Cadfael hides in church! Oh, when I was a kid I would have loved to have hidden behind a pillar in church. But alas, there wasn‘t one.
Next up, book 3 in the Brother Cadfael series. I‘m loving these books set in England‘s most brutal civil war between King Stephen and Empress Maud over who should wear the crown when King Henry died without a son to take the throne in the 1100s. They are quick reads, too, which I appreciate. Brother Cadfael is an early one-man CSI.
Brother Cadfael is a former crusader, now monk in medieval England. He's the cloister's herbalist and doctor. These are dangerous times, and he uses his talents to solve murders. I discovered the #series through the TV show with Derek Jacobi.
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Rereading Cadfael while not really being bothered by the plot enables me to enjoy the layers Peters put into the characters. I enjoyed reading and meeting Brother Mark again, reading about prior Robert getting taken dowm a peg or two. Foreshadowing also on Peters part about fatherhood and lost sons. Monk's hood is at the heart of it a story about fathers, good ones, indifferent ones, fathers of the heart, fathers by faith and sometimes chance