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Title: Raven in the Foregate
Title: Raven in the Foregate
Series:
Brother Cadfael #12
Author:
Ellis Peters
Rating:
3 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Mystery
Pages:
244
Format:
Digital Edition
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Synopsis:
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A new priest is installed in the town [as opposed to being at the abbey] when the old priest, Father Adam, dies. Where Father Adam was an easy going, accepting man who loved his flock even when they strayed and was friends with all, Father Ailnoth is a whole nother matter.
Moving boundary stones, calling into
question whether a man is a freeman or surf, refusing to interrupt
his prayers to give last rights to a dying baby and then not allowing
it to be buried in the church grounds because it had not been
shriven, excommunicating a young woman for her wandering ways,
beating the boys who he was supposed to be teaching, Ailnoth has
turned the town against him. So when Ailnoth turns up dead, there are
more suspects than you can shake Father Ailnoths ebony staff at.
The war between Empress Maude and King
Stephen is still going on and their vassals fortunes rise and fall
according to how things are going. One young man is on Maude's side
and of course gets involved in the death of Father Ailnoth while
falling in love with a local girl.
Cadfael solves the mystery. The End.
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My Thoughts:
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This is book 12 in the series. If you've stuck around this long, this book will not dissuade you from continuing.
I am
finding that I am liking the historic aspects of the novel more than
the mystery, as it gets boring with somebody “dying” and then
solving who/why, etc. I am not a big mystery fan, so it helps keep
my interest by showing other things.
I am
getting a bit tired of “young man comes to Shrewsbury, gets
involved in a murder in some way and escapes with the help of a local
lovely and they go off to X to get married”. This young man, Benet,
showed some real promise as a Class A Donkey's Head. He was an idiot
and I was hoping something terrible would happen to him. Oh well, he
wasn't the one responsible for Ailnoth's death and since he's
leaving, I'm hoping I won't have to read about him again.
Other
than that, this is a Cadfael mystery. He does things in his little
herbarium, pokes around the scene of the crime, and solves things.
★★★☆☆
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