

Monk's Hood
Author: Ellis Peters
Series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #3
Narrator: Patrick Tull
Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/05/2010
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Classic, Cozy
Synopsis
Gervase Bonel is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he suddenly takes ill. Luckily, the Abbey boasts the services of the clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted with two surprises: In Master Bonel's wife, the good monk recognizes Richildis, whom he loved before he took his vows—and Master Bonel has been fatally poisoned by monk's-hood oil from Cadfael's stores.
The sheriff is convinced that the murderer is Richildis' son, Edwin, who hated his stepfather. But Cadfael, guided in part by his concern for a woman to whom he was once betrothed, is certain of her son's innocence. Using his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael deciphers a deadly recipe for murder.