Bettie's Books

bookshelves: film-only, series, summer-2013, published-1983, historical-fiction, mystery-thriller, medieval5c-16c

S01 E02

Derek Jacobi.

3* A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
3* One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
3* Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)
3* The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
3* The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7)
3* Dead Man's Ransom (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #9)
3* The Summer of the Danes (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #18)

2* Flight of a Witch (Felse, #3)

Edith Mary Pargeter:

5* Sunrise in the West (Brothers of Gwynedd, #1)
TR The Dragon at Noonday (Brothers of Gwynedd, #2)
TR The Hounds of Sunset (Brothers of Gwynedd, #3)
TR Afterglow and Nightfall (Brothers of Gwynedd, #4)

Liliwin, a wandering minstrel, is thrown out of Daniel Aurifaber's wedding feast after a jug is broken during his juggling act. Soon after, the groom's father is found senseless beside his empty money box. A lynch mob sets off after Liliwin, who claims sanctuary in the abbey. The next day, the Aurifaber's neighbour is found dead, and the ageing matriarch of their household has a seizure and dies soon after. The following day, the baddies make their escape taking the stolen gold and Rannilt - Liliwin's serving-girl friend - as hostage, but are stopped before the reach the Welsh border.