Malomocný u svatého Jiljí – Petersová Ellis (2025)

BROTHER CADFAEL SOLVES A CASE IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE POOR AND SICK...

It is October 1139, and a sixty-year-old elder, Huon de Domville, arrives at the Shrewsbury monastery to marry the beautiful Iveta, the eighteen-year-old heiress of Guimara de Massard. However, on the day of his wedding, he is found dead, and it soon becomes clear that he was murdered.

The main suspect immediately becomes Joscelin Lucy, who is known to love Iveta and is trying to prevent the disgraceful marriage. Brother Cadfael has doubts about who the murderer is, but he must seek evidence to support his claims. His investigation ultimately leads him to the community of the poor and sick at St. Giles, where another monk, Brother Marek, works.

It is he who discovers that there is one more sick person among the lepers. But does this individual belong to the lepers, or are they just pretending? Who could be so desperate as to voluntarily seek refuge among those whom others shun? The questions multiply, Joscelin is still missing, and another murder occurs in Shrewsbury...