Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin (USA 2021)

From the Publisher:
A monk's journey of amends leads to murder in this "thoroughly entertaining medieval mystery" in the Silver Dagger Award-winning series (Publishers Weekly).

Winter arrived early in 1142, bringing with it a heavy snowfall. The safety of the guest-hall roof at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint. Peter and Saint. Paul comes into jeopardy, and the brothers are called upon to effect repairs. But the icy and treacherous conditions are to prove near fatal for Brother Haluin. He slips from the roof and crashes to the ground, sustaining terrible injuries -- grave enough for him to want to make his deathbed confession.

The confession is heard by the abbot and Brother Cadfael; a wicked story, of trespasses hard for God or man to forgive. But Haluin does not die. On his recovery, he determines to make a journey of expiation, with Cadfael as his sole companion. It is an arduous journey, physically and emotionally, and one that leads to some shocking discoveries.

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin. The Fifteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Mysteriouspress.com / Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781504067553 (August, 2021), 223 p., $21.99.

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
A monk's journey of amends leads to murder in this "thoroughly entertaining medieval mystery" in the Silver Dagger Award-winning series (Publishers Weekly).

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin. The Fifteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Mysteriouspress.com / Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781497671478 (August, 2014), eBook, 8 MB (ca. 223 p.), $12.99.

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin (USA 1989)

From the Publisher:
Winter arrived early in 1142, bringing with it a heavy snowfall. The safety of the guest-hall roof at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul comes into jeopardy, and the brothers are called upon to effect repairs.

But the icy and treacherous conditions are to prove near fatal for Brother Haluin. He slips from the roof and crashes to the ground, sustaining terrible injuries- grave enough for him to want to make his deathbed confession...

The confession is heard by the Abbot and Brother Codfael; a wicked story, of trespasses hard for God or man to forgive. But Haluin does not die. On his recovery, he determines to make a journey of expiation, with Codfael os his sole com panion. It is an arduous journey, physically and emotionally, and one that leads to shocking discoveries: of young lovers thwarted; of deceit and betrayal; of bitter revenge... and of murder.

Once again, Brother Cadfael must abandon his herbiary and turn detective.

"There is something otherworldly and eerie about the medieval world he comfortably inhabits." -- New York Times Book Review
"The marvelous sense of time and place carries everyone along." -- Chicago Tribune

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin. The Fifteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Mysterious Press / Warner Books, ISBN: 0445408553 (December, 1989), 196 p., $3.95.

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin (UK 1989)

From the Publisher:
After a mild autumn, December of 1142 brings a smothering, silent blanket of snow. Thus it comes about that the guest hall of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is damaged, and the brothers must repair its roof before the danger worsens. The treacherously icy conditions are to prove near-fatal for Brother Haluin. He slips from the roof in a terrible fall, sustaining such grave injuries that he makes his deathbed confession to the Abbot and Brother Cadfael. A startling story of trespasses hard for God or man to forgive emerges. But Haluin does not die.

On his recovery, he sets out on a journey of expiation, with Cadfael as his sole companion. An arduous trip, it leads to some shocking discoveries. And to murder...

Once again, Brother Cadfael must abandon his herbiary and turn detective.

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin. The Fifteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. A Medieval Whodunnit. Futura, ISBN: 0708842283 (March, 1989), 205 p., &oound;2.99.

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin (USA 1989)

From the Publisher:
In Shrewsbury in 1142, the worst of winter arrives early, bringing with it a heavy snowfall. Thus the safety of the guest wing roof at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul comes into jeopardy, and the brothers are called upon to effect repairs before the damage grows.

But the icy and treacherous conditions are to prove near fatal for Brother Haluin. He slips from the roof and crashes to the ground, sustaining terrible injuries, injuries grave enough for him to want to make his deathbed confession.

The confession is heard by the Abbot and Brother Cadfael only. And a wicked story it is of trespasses hard for God or man to forgive.

But Haluin does not die. And on his recovery, he determines to make a journey of expiation, with Cadfael as his sole companion. It is a tense and arduous journey, physically and emotionally, and one that leads to shocking discoveries, of young lovers thwarted; of deceit and betrayal; of bitter revenge - and of murder.

Once again, Brother Cadfael must abandon his herbiary and turn detective.

Ellis Peters is the pseudonym of Edith Pargeter, author of scores of books under her own name. She is the recipient of the British Crime Writers Association's Silver Dagger Award, as well as the coveted Edgar, conferred by the Mystery Writers of America. Ms. Pargeter is also well known as a translator of poetry and prose from the Czech and has been awarded the Gold Medal and Ribbon of the Czechoslovak Society for Foreign Relations for her services to Czech literature.
The author lives in Shropshire, England.

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin (UK 1988)

From the Publisher:
In Shrewsbury in 1142, the worst of winter arrives early, bringing with it a heavy snowfall. Thus the safety of the guest-hall roof at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul comes into jeopardy and the brothers are called upon to effect repairs - despite the weather - before the damage grows.

The confession is heard by the Abbot and Brother Cadfael only. And a wicked story it is, of trespasses hard for God or man to forgive.

But Haluin does not die.

And on his recovery, he determines to make a journey of expiation, with Cadfael as his sole companion. It is a tense and arduous journey, physically and emotionally, and one that leads to shocking discoveries: of young lovers thwarted; of deceit and betrayal; of bitter revenge... and of murder.

Once again, Brother Cadfael must abandon his herbiary and turn detective.

Ellis Peters: The Confession of Brother Haluin. The Fifteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. A Medieval Whodunnit. Headline, ISBN: 0747200610 (March, 1988), 205 p., &oound;9.95.