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The Potter's Field
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The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters (Cadfael #17) by Ellis Peters (March/April 24)
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Who is joining in on this one? The spoiler thread is linked below:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I enjoyed my reread even more than usual, this one was different and suspenseful!
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I agree, this one had a different plot and was a tense read. One of the best in the series so far, I thought.
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I read this very recently when I read all the Cadfael series in order. I found it more satisfying and the whole series hangs together much better than when you just read an odd book now and again. all the stories make a comprehensive whole and really seem to lead from one to another with references back to previous 'incidents', the Anarchy itself is a very comprehensive part and background setting to the whole series which is more prominent in the complete set.
The year is 1143, and once again Brother Cadfael is forced to abandon the tranquility of his herb garden and use his knowledge of human nature to solve a murder- this time frighteningly close to home. When a newly ploughed field, recently given to the Abbey yields that body of a young woman, Cadfael is quickly thrown into a delicate situation. The field was once ownded by a local potter named Ruald, who deserted his beautiful wife to take monastic vows among the Benedictines. The woman was said to have gone away with a lover, but now it would appear otherwise. With the arrival of young Sulien Blount, a novice fleeing homeward from the civil war raging in East Anglia, the mysteries surrounding the corpse start to multiply.
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