Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair (USA 2017)

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In the twelfth century, merchants gather at a summertime fair -- but when one of them is found dead in a river, a crime-solving monk must step in.

St. Peter's Fair is a grand, festive event, attracting merchants from across England and beyond. There is a pause in the civil war racking the country in the summer of 1139, and the fair promises to bring some much-needed gaiety to the town of Shrewsbury -- until the body of a wealthy merchant is found murdered in the river Severn. Was Thomas of Bristol the victim of murderous thieves? And, if so, why were his valuables abandoned nearby?

Brother Cadfael, that shrewd but kindly monk, offers to help the merchant's lovely niece Emma. But while he is searching for the killer, Thomas of Bristol's wares are ransacked and two more men are murdered. Emma almost certainly knows more than she is telling -- as others will soon realize. Cadfael desperately races to save the young girl, knowing that in a country at war with itself, betrayal can come from any direction, and even good intentions can kill.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair. The Fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Mysteriouspress.com / Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781504048446 (November, 2017), 316 p., $19.99.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
In the twelfth century, merchants gather at a summertime fair -- but when one of them is found dead in a river, a crime-solving monk must step in.

St. Peter's Fair is a grand, festive event, attracting merchants from across England and beyond. There is a pause in the civil war racking the country in the summer of 1139, and the fair promises to bring some much-needed gaiety to the town of Shrewsbury -- until the body of a wealthy merchant is found murdered in the river Severn. Was Thomas of Bristol the victim of murderous thieves? And, if so, why were his valuables abandoned nearby?

Brother Cadfael, that shrewd but kindly monk, offers to help the merchant's lovely niece Emma. But while he is searching for the killer, Thomas of Bristol's wares are ransacked and two more men are murdered. Emma almost certainly knows more than she is telling -- as others will soon realize. Cadfael desperately races to save the young girl, knowing that in a country at war with itself, betrayal can come from any direction, and even good intentions can kill.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair. The Fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Mysteriouspress.com / Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781497671140 (August, 2014), eBook, 7 MB (ca. 266 p.), $11.99.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
In his fourth chronicle, Brother Cadfael is summoned from his peaceful herb garden to solve the mystery of a merchant's murder
Saint Peter's Fair is a grand festive event, attracting tradesmen from actoss England and beyond. It is the summer of 1139 and the civil war ransacking the country has stalled temporarily. The fair promises to bring some much needed gaiety to the town of Shrewsbury. Until, that is, the body of a wealthy trader is found in the River Severn.

Was Thomas of Bristol the victim of murderous thieves? But, if so, why were his valuables abandoned nearby? Brother Cadfael offers to help the merchant's niece, Emma. While he is searching for the killer, the dead man's wares are ransacked and two more men are murdered. Emma almost certainly knows more than she is telling. Cadfael desperately races to save the young girl, knowing that, : in a country at war with itself, betrayal can come from any direction. And even good intentions can kill.

PRAISE FOR THE BROTHER CADFAEL CHRONICLES:
'A cult figure of crime fiction' -- Financial Times
'A pleasing and unusual mixture of suspense and historical fiction' -- Evening Standard

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair. The Fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Sphere, ISBN: 9780751547078 (October, 2011), 310 p., £7.99.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair (UK 2000)

From the Publisher:
In his fourth chronicle, Brother Cadfael is summoned from his peaceful herb garden to solve the mystery of the murder of a merchant
'A more attractive and prepossessing detective it would be hard to find' -- Sunday Times

Saint Peter's Fair is a grand festive event, attracting tradesmen from actoss England and beyond. It is the summer of 1139 and the civil war ransacking the country has stalled temporarily. The fair promises to bring some much needed gaiety to the town of Shrewsbury. Until, that is, the body of a wealthy trader is found in the River Severn. Was Thomas of Bristol the victim of murderous thieves? But, if so, why were his valuables abandoned nearby? Brother Cadfael offers to help the merchant's niece, Emma. While he is searching for the killer, the dead man's wares are ransacked and two more men are murdered. Emma almost certainly knows more than she is telling. Cadfael desperately races to save the young girl, knowing that, : in a country at war with itself, betrayal can come from any direction. And even good intentions can kill.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair. The Fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. London: Warner Books, 2000, ISBN: 0751514004, 268 p., £5.99.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair (UK 1995)

From the Publisher:
In his fourth chronicle, Brother Cadfael is summoned from his peaceful herb garden to solve the mystery of the murder of a merchant
'A more attractive and prepossessing detective it would be hard to find' -- Sunday Times

Saint Peter's Fair is a grand festive event, attracting tradesmen from actoss England and beyond. It is the summer of 1139 and the civil war ransacking the country has stalled temporarily. The fair promises to bring some much needed gaiety to the town of Shrewsbury. Until, that is, the body of a wealthy trader is found in the River Severn. Was Thomas of Bristol the victim of murderous thieves? But, if so, why were his valuables abandoned nearby? Brother Cadfael offers to help the merchant's niece, Emma. While he is searching for the killer, the dead man's wares are ransacked and two more men are murdered. Emma almost certainly knows more than she is telling. Cadfael desperately races to save the young girl, knowing that, : in a country at war with itself, betrayal can come from any direction. And even good intentions can kill.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair. The Cadfael Chronicles IV. London: Warner Futura, 1995, ISBN: 0751514004, 268 p., £5.99 (?).

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair (UK 1994)

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The great annual Fair of Saint Peter at Shrewsbury, a high point in the city's calendar, attracts merchants from far and wide to do business. But when an unseemly quarrel breaks out between the local burghers and the monks from the Benedictine monastery over who shall benefit from the levies provided by the fair, a riot ensues. In the aftermath a merchant is found dead and Brother Cadfael is summoned from his peaceful monastery herb-garden to test his skills as a detective once more.

ELLIS PETERS, RECIPIENT OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION/ CARTIER DIAMOND DAGGER AWARD
And don't miss other titles from the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael also available from Warner Futura - see inside for details.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair. The Cadfael Chronicles IV. Warner Futura, ISBN: 0751511048 (May, 1994), 268 p., £4.99.

Ellis Peters: St. Peter's Fair (USA 1992)

From the Publisher:
St. Peter's Fair is a grand, festive event, attracting merchants from across England and beyond. There is a pause in the civil war racking the country in the summer of 1139, and the fair promises to bring some much-needed gaiety to the town of Shrewsbury.

Until, that is, the body of a wealthy merchant is found murdered in the river Severn. Was Thomas of Bristol the victim of murderous thieves? And, if so, why were his valuables abandoned nearby?

Brother Cadfael offers to help the merchant's lovely niece, Emma. But while he is searching for the killer, the dead man's wares are ransacked and two more men are murdered. Emma almost certainly knows more than she is telling, as others will soon realize. Cadfael desperately races to save the young girl, knowing that in a country at war with itself, betrayal can come from any direction, and even good intentions can kill.

"Stylishly authentic... a graceful and informative case for Peters' engaging herb-gardening monk." -- Kirkus
"Wonderful history lessons wrapped up in a mystery and served with style and grace." -- Cincinnati Post

Ellis Peters: St. Peter's Fair. The Fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul at Shrewsbury. The Mysterious Press / Warner Books, ISBN: 0446403016 (November, 1992), 217 p., $4.99.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair (UK 1987)

From the Publisher:
This is a reissue of the fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, whose stewardship of the monastery gardens at Shrewsbury is again interrupted by a death and a mystery. Once more Cadfael is obliged to turn detective.

Saint Peter's Fair is an annual event at Shrewsbury, a great commercial and social celebration. Merchants and buyers come from far afield, from Bristol and even the continent, to do their business. But even before this congregation of merchants can gather a quarrel is well launched between the burghers and the monks as to who shall benefit from the levies that the Fair will provide. When the young men of the town take the side of their elders a riot follows. After the riot a merchant is found dead. The forces of law begin their enquiries - and so does Cadfael.

It becomes apparent that a young girl - beautiful, shy but less helpless than she appears - knows more than she should. But she chooses to keep her secret to herself, and thus invites danger.

The reassuring presence of Cadfael, the hectic excitement of Saint Peter's Fair, the loving evocation of Shrewsbury in the twelfth century combine to lend a special quality to an exceptional story.

Ellis Peters: Saint Peter's Fair. The Fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Macmillan, ISBN: 0333310500 (June, 1987), 220 p., £9.95.

Ellis Peters: St. Peter's Fair (USA 1984)

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"ENTERTAINING... Peters has an authentic eye and ear for her 12th century way of life and death, and engages our interest all the way." -- Publishers Weekly

ST. PETER'S FAIR
St. Peter's Fair is a grand, festive event, attracting merchants from miles around-each one eager to sell luxurious clothing, fine wines, or treasures of silver and gold.

But on the eve of the Fair one such merchant, Thomas of Bristol, is found with a slender dagger piercing his heart -- murdered and abandoned in the river Severn.

Brother Cadfael, a brave monk with an appetite for mystery, offers to help the merchant's lovely niece Emma. But while he is searching for the killer, Thomas of Bristol's booth is ransacked and two more men are murdered. Cadfael realizes that no one, Emma least of all, is safe...

"STYLISHLY AUTHENTIC... With colorful, convincing details on the workings of a medieval fair -- a graceful and informative... case for Peters' engaging herb-gardening monk." -- The Kirkus Reviews

Ellis Peters: St. Peter's Fair. Who murdered the rich merchant... but didn't steal a thing? A Medieval Murder Mystery. Fawcett Crest / Ballantine, ISBN: 0449205401 (August, 1984), 214 p., $2.50.

Ellis Peters: St. Peter's Fair (USA 1981)

From the Publisher:
With wit and style, Ellis Peters again brilliantly weaves together mystery, romance, and unforgettable characters in this, her newest novel and the fourth chronicle of detective-monk Cadfael.

Saint Peter's Fair is an annual event at Shrewsbury Abbey, a time of commercial and social celebration. An air of holiday gaiety permeates the town with the arrival of the merchants and craftsmen, the knights and gentry who have come from far afield to buy luxury cloths, fine wines, and other rare treasures. Even warring political factions meet in commerce -- though this time not with peaceful trade in mind.

The King's spies lurk about, slipping easily through the lively marketplace until, in the shadows of the traders' booths, a plot is laid, and a slender dagger pierces a wealthy merchant's heart.

Her uncle Thomas murdered, lovely Emma Vernold is left with a special -- and perilous -- task. Determined to fulfill her uncle's last wish, she takes Cadfael into her confidence, though she does not tell him all that she must do. Soon Emma finds herself at the mercy of a dangerous suitor, and Cadfael, alive to foul play and accompanied by Emma's truest admirer, races to save her from a terrible fate.

Ellis Peters has again brought to life the marvelous Brother Cadfael, whom she created in A Morbid Taste for Bones and who delighted readers in One Corpse Too Many and Monk's-Hood. In Saint Peter's Fair we rediscover her eye for detail and color and her gift for telling a perfect tale.

Ellis Peters is a pseudonym for Edith Pargeter, author of many books under her own name. She is also well known as a translator of prose and poetry from the Czech. Miss Pargeter lives in England.

Ellis Peters: St. Peter's Fair. A Medieval Novel of Suspense. William Morrow, ISBN: 0688006671 (November, 1981), 219 p., $9.95.