The Potter's Field

Medieval monk Brother Cadfael digs for clues when a body is unearthed by a plow: “His detecting talents are as dazzling as ever” ( Publishers Weekly ). When a newly plowed field recently given to the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul yields the body of a young woman, Brother Cadfael is quickly thrown into a delicate situation. The field was once owned by a local potter named Ruald, who had abandoned his beautiful wife, Generys, to take monastic vows. Generys was said to have gone a