I have found all the tales to be well-planned, well-told, and they end just the way you would want them to (if you avoid all the red herrings).Įach book is pretty much self-contained, but the historical background story does proceed in order, if you read the books in published order. There is usually a love interest for the suspect.Ĭadfael uses his insight into the human psyche to aid in his investigations. Usually there is a wrongly accused suspect, sometimes framed. He is also an herbalist, and this comes into quite a few of the stories. Set in the 12th century during the Anarchy in England, the novelsįocus on Benedictine monk Cadfael who aids the law with solving murders.Ĭadfael is a very down-to-earth person, having been a soldier-of-fortune before taking his vows. Written by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter (1913–1995) under the The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical murder mysteries (Yes, people did live without electronics or even electricity, and never seemed to miss them!) I highly recommend this series to anyone who would enjoy murder mysteries, set in historical times, with accurate detail of such. I’m going to try to get back to it, as I can. I had been reading the Brother Cadfael series of books earlier this year, interspersed with casual other books, on my Kindle, until life got in the way and derailed me while I was on the seventh book.
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