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The Potter's Field (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #17)

Ellis Peters

Start date: March 15, 2024

Finish date: April 5, 2024

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Feb 18, 2024 Jill rated it liked it

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This was a 3.5 star read for me. For some reason I just wasn't so interested in this one, as I have been with others.
The body of a buried woman was discovered in a field, recently acquired by the monks. I say body, but really it was just her bones, and so there was no way of identifying her. It seems that a potter and his wife had been the most recent inhabitants, but not for over year had it been, only tramps and beggars since the potter left. The potter had gone into the church as a monk, and ...more

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Mar 18, 2024 Sandy rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery-detective-grp, mystery-historical, rread-2024

An excellent entry in the series with Cadfael and Hugh at work on a 'cold' case, where they first need to identify the victim. The Stephen / Matilda war is more than just background noise in this book. ...more

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