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A review by thecesspit
St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters
4.0
Medieval crime fiction. No real twists or shocks, but the point of Brother Cadfael stories is to take the idea of a monk in the 14th Century and write a decent detective knowledge. It's comfort reading, with a nice tale that goes along at a steady pace, with plenty of period details (or so I imagine, not being an expert of medieval Benedictine monasteries) and believable characters who react in ways you can understand.
In this one, the Abbey's yearly money spinning trade fair is beset by murder (of course) and Cadfael gets involved trying to find the culprit. You have a good array of suspects, with the obviously innocent first arrest to the final denouement, where Ellis Peters adds a little romance in to sweeten the final brew for those who need neat ends and happily ever afters.
In this one, the Abbey's yearly money spinning trade fair is beset by murder (of course) and Cadfael gets involved trying to find the culprit. You have a good array of suspects, with the obviously innocent first arrest to the final denouement, where Ellis Peters adds a little romance in to sweeten the final brew for those who need neat ends and happily ever afters.