223 pages
English language
Published Aug. 12, 1981 by Morrow.
223 pages
English language
Published Aug. 12, 1981 by Morrow.
A stiff-necked old man grants his manor to Shrewsbury Abbey, then dies via poison in a meal sent over by the abbey. Among the suspects Cadfael must work through are himself as brewer of the poison and part of the abbey, a hot-headed step-son, a bastard, and a villein.