On a spring evening in 1140 Shrewsbury the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound—a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creature bursts in to claim sanctuary Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man.
Accused of robbery and murder is Liliwin a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of a local goldsmith’s son. The cold light of morning however will show his supposed victim still lives although a strongbox lies empty.
Brother Cadfael believes Liliwin is innocent but finding the truth and the treasure before Liliwin’s respite in sanctuary runs out may uncover a deadlier sin than thievery—a desperate love that not even the threat of hanging can stop.
This finely written tale is another gem from the master of medieval intrigue.
A Blackstone Audio production.
