Edith Pargeter: The rose rent (2014, MysteriousPress.com)
English language
Published March 28, 2014 by MysteriousPress.com.
The Abby has been giving one rose as rent for a wealthy widow's property. This year the rose is hacked to pieces, and the rent cannot be paid. Worse yet, a man has suffered the same fate as the rose. Brother Cadfael must weave a complex garland to figure this one out.
The Abby has been giving one rose as rent for a wealthy widow's property. This year the rose is hacked to pieces, and the rent cannot be paid. Worse yet, a man has suffered the same fate as the rose. Brother Cadfael must weave a complex garland to figure this one out.
Yet another excellent tale of Brother Cadfael. The number of plot twists in this mystery are high even by Ellis Peters lofty standards. A very entertaining, engaging mystery and history lesson....
