A review by margardenlady
The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters

5.0

Cadfael is dragged into a murder investigation and manhunt in this tale. Richard is a youth at the abbey school, when his father dies. His grandmother is hellbent on marrying this 10 year old off to the slightly older daughter of a neighboring property, in order to secure the property as part of her estate. And in the blink of an eye, visitors to the abbey go missing and one is found dead. Then the boy is also missing. Hugh has his hands full to get it all sorted appropriately.