The Raven in the Foregate, Ellis Peters
The Raven in the Foregate, Ellis Peters
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The Raven in the Foregate

Author: Ellis Peters

Narrator: Patrick Tull

Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/04/2009


Synopsis

When a harsh priest is drowned, Brother Cadfael discovers a long list of suspects, including a young man who isn’t who he claims to be

In a mild December in the year of our Lord 1141, a new priest comes to the parishioners of the Foregate outside the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Father Ailnoth brings with him a housekeeper and her nephew—and a disposition that invites murder.

Brother Cadfael quickly sees that father Ailnoth is a harsh man who, striding along in his black cassock, looks like a doomsaying raven. The housekeeper's nephew, Benet, is quite different—a smiling lad, a hard worker in Cadfael's herb garden, but, as Brother Cadfael soon discovers, an impostor.
And when Ailnoth is found drowned, suspicion falls on Benet, though many in the Foregate had cause to want this priest dead. Now Brother Cadfael is gathering clues along with his medicinals to treat a case of unholy passions, tragic politics, and perhaps divine intervention.

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 Wee on May 22, 2023

My first experience of this story was through the Cadfael tv show, and I have to say I enjoyed the book far more. There’s a bitterness, and surprising sexism in the show’s interpretation - and it’s adding of useless secondary characters - that just isn’t there in the book.......more

Goodreads review by Emily Kestrel on January 02, 2015

This one just didn't hold my interest. There was a lot of repetition, with the characters discussing the same events several times, which got a bit annoying. As for the actual mystery, it turned out to be the most boring murder ever. (view spoiler)[ No one killed him. He fell down and hit his head. I know, excitin (hide spoiler)]......more