Monk's Hood

Name: Monk's Hood
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Ellis Peters
ISBN: 9781597778268

Author: Ellis Peters

Series: Chronicle of Brother Cadfael

Narrator: Sir Derek Jacobi

Abridged: 2 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Phoenix Books, Inc.

Published: 11/01/1996

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

It's Christmas, and a local visiting dignitary suddenly takes ill immediately following his decision to bequeath his manorial estate to the abbey. Luckily, the abbey boasts the services of the herbalist Brother Cadfael, who hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted with two surprises: the man's wife is Richildis—whom Cadfael loved before he took his vows—and the poison is monk's-hood oil from Cadfael's stores. Using his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael deciphers a deadly recipe for murder.

About Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters (1913-1995) was the pseudonym of Edith Pargeter. She was a renowned writer of detective novels and was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger for a lifetime's achievement in the genre.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles on April 04, 2024

A woman from his past comes again into Cadfael's life By Charles van Buren on August 31, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase As I write this review in August 2018, there are already over 100 reviews on Amazon. All but seven are four and five stars. The single one star review erroneously compl......more

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on June 17, 2024

The first books I read about the mystery-solving medieval monk were a bumper edition of the first three: “A Morbid Taste for Bones”, “One Corpse Too Many” and this one Monk’s Hood. There are twenty books by Ellis Peters (a pseudonym for Edith Pargeter) about Brother Cadfael, as well as a few later o......more