The Devil's Novice
by Ellis Peters
2020-12-29 13:23:42
From the Edgar Awardâwinning author: When a troubled novice is blamed for a priestâs disappearance, Brother Cadfael seeks to save his soulâand his life. Outside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in September of 1140,...
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From the Edgar Awardâwinning author: When a troubled novice is blamed for a priestâs disappearance, Brother Cadfael seeks to save his soulâand his life. Outside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in September of 1140, a priestly emissary for King Stephen has been reported missing. But inside the pale, what troubles Brother Cadfael is a proud, secretive nineteen-year-old novice. Brother Cadfael has never seen two men more estranged than the Lord of Aspley and Meriet, the son he coldly delivers to the abbey to begin a religious vocation. Meriet, meek by day, is so racked by dreams at night that his howls earn him the nickname âthe Devilâs Novice.â Shunned and feared, Meriet is soon linked to the missing priestly emissaryâs dreadful fate. Only Brother Cadfael believes in Merietâs innocence, and only the good sleuth can uncover the truth before a boyâs pure passion, not evil intent, leads a novice to the noose.
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