The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael

RELEASE NOTES:

Released to Karendawn via bookrelay

Book arrived today. Thank you!

Books in this series:
A Morbid Taste for Bones – Book 1
One Corpse Too Many – Book 2
Monk's Hood – Book 3
Saint Peter's Fair – Book 4
The Leper of Saint Giles – Book 5
The Virgin in the Ice – Book 6
The Sanctuary Sparrow – Book 7
The Devil's Notice – Book 8
Dead Man's Ransom – Book 9
The Pilgrim of Hate – Book 10
An Excellent Mystery – Book 11
The Raven in the Foregate – Book 12
The Rose Rent – Book 13
The Hermit of Eyton Forest – Book 14
The Confession of Brother Haluin – Book 15
The Heretic's Apprentice – Book 16
The Potter's Field – Book 17
The Summer of the Danes – Book 18
The Holy Thief – Book 19
Brother Cadfael's Penance – Book 20
A Rare Benedictine – Book 21

RELEASE NOTES:

on its way to someone at PaperBackSwap

Had this on my shelf too long and still haven't gotten around to reading it. I will be letting it go today.

Enjoy!

I saw a bunch of release alerts from Ghost_Dog, and had to scamper out and go hunting. I love the "Brother Cadfael" books, and have BookCrossed several, including several copies of A Morbid Taste For Bones, the first book in the series. This is one that I read long ago but didn't have a BC copy, so I was pleased to find it - all the more so as it's a well-traveled copy!

I got this paperback at a local thrift shop, for another release copy.

This is the second in the series of historical mysteries set in 12th-century England and Wales. Cadfael's a monk with an action-packed past, who's settling into late middle age as the herbalist of his order - but as it happens, he's going to pick up a second vocation as part-time sleuth and forensic chemist.

The books tend to feature a mix of historical detail (political and social), bits about daily life at that time and place, a mystery or two, and at least one romance - though not always the one you think it will be at the beginning of the tale. This one features Hugh Beringar, one of my favorite characters, and shows how he became sheriff - after helping Cadfael solve the puzzle of the extra body found among 90-odd executed traitors...

See more on the TV Tropes page.

[I can recommend the TV mini-series adaptations, too.]

Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.

I left this book in this new-to-me Little Free Library; hope someone enjoys it! (The LFL is painted with a scene from The Snowy Day, and is nestled under a tree with a handy bench nearby. I even saw some rabbits on a neighbor's lawn; very charming!)

[See other recent releases in MA here.]

*** Released for the 2020 TV Series challenge. ***

*** Released for the 2020 Keep Them Moving challenge. ***

I found this in my Little Free Library, and it was the first Book Crossing book I had seen. I meant to read it, but it’s not my favorite genre, and it sat in my pile for a bit. I’m going to deliver it to a new LFL to see if someone else would find it and read it. Thank you for sharing!