The Rose Rent, Ellis Peters
The Rose Rent, Ellis Peters
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The Rose Rent

Author: Ellis Peters

Narrator: Patrick Tull

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/27/2009


Synopsis

A young window’s gain could be the Abbey’s loss if Brother Cadfael can’t unravel a thorny case of murder

A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June 22nd. On that day the young widow Perle must receive one white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey, or the contract is void. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent—and is found murdered beside the hacked rose-bush.

The abbey's wise herbalist, Brother Cadfael, follows the trail of bloodied petals.

He knows the lovely widow's dowry is far greater with her house included, and she will likely wed again. Before Cadfael can ponder if a greedy suitor has done this dreadful deed, another crime is committed. Now the good monk must thread his way through a tangle more tortuous than the widow's thorny bushes.

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

"“Madam, there is here matter that must distress you, that we cannot deny. I will not hide anything from you. This house is your gift, and truth is your due. But you must not take to yourself more than is customary from any godly gentlewoman in compassion for a young life taken untimely. No part of......more

Goodreads review by Charles on January 19, 2024

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Goodreads review by Girl with her Head in a Book on September 02, 2015

For my full review: [URL not allowed] This book fulfills the ‘published in the year you were born’ obligation for my 2015 Reading Challenge – but really, I was long overdue for another Brother Cadfael mystery. I have mentioned before that I am easily scared and gore really does......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on August 07, 2024

This is the thirteenth book in the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Shrewsbury, in the England of the twelfth century. Cadfael lived a full life before becoming a monk, having been to the Crusades; he has now been a monk for some nineteen years......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on May 01, 2021

Rose Rent is the 13th in the Brother Cadfael series. It takes place in England, near the Wales/England border, during the Spring of 1142. I am very fond of the Brother Cadfael series for several reasons: (a) this is a smart series, (b) feminist issues and perspectives are frequently/always at the bo......more