Search - The Devil's Novice (Brother Cadfael, Bk 8)

What did the young man experience that forced him to abandon the life he aspired to and instead choose to become a monk?

What greater implications did his experience have to do with the current civil war in England?

Is he guilty of murder or is he taking the blame for someone else?

A tangled web that only Brother Cadfael can resolve with the help of Brother Mark, Hugh Beringar and a most unusual young lady.

Another wonderful Brother Cadfael mystery tragically resolves itself on what was suppose to be a happy day for two families - a wedding.

This book is another reason why I really dislike Ellis Peters. I dislike her because she only wrote 20 Brother Cadfael adventures, instead of a hundred or more.

Ellis Peters writes wonderful, complex and sympathetic characters. The rich characters in this book drive the story and the mystery. Cadfael applies his sympathetic understanding of people to get at the truth and ease the mind of a new novice who seems to be undergoing mental torture.

As with all others in this series, the tale is fascinating.