Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice (USA 2021)

From the Publisher:
A monk embarks on a dangerous quest to find a trio of missing travelers in this medieval mystery by an Edgar Award-winning author.
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael's tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturbing of events. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family, a boy of thirteen and an eighteen-year-old girl of great beauty, and their companion, a young Benedictine nun. The trio never reaches Shrewsbury, having disappeared somewhere in the wild countryside.

Cadfael is afraid for these three lost lambs, but another call for help sends him to the church of Saint Mary. A wounded monk, found naked and bleeding by the roadside, will surely die without Cadfael's healing arts. Why this holy man has been attacked and what his fevered ravings reveal soon give Brother Cadfael a clue to the fate of the missing travelers. Now Cadfael sets out on a dangerous quest to find them. The road will lead him to a chill and terrible murder and a tale of passion gone awry. And at journey's end awaits a vision of what is best, and worst, in humankind.

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice. The Sixth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Mysteriouspress.com / Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781504067515 (July, 2021), 251 p., $25.99.

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
A monk embarks on a dangerous quest to find a trio of missing travelers in this medieval mystery by an Edgar Award-winning author.
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael's tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturbing of events. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family, a boy of thirteen and an eighteen-year-old girl of great beauty, and their companion, a young Benedictine nun. The trio never reaches Shrewsbury, having disappeared somewhere in the wild countryside.

Cadfael is afraid for these three lost lambs, but another call for help sends him to the church of Saint Mary. A wounded monk, found naked and bleeding by the roadside, will surely die without Cadfael's healing arts. Why this holy man has been attacked and what his fevered ravings reveal soon give Brother Cadfael a clue to the fate of the missing travelers. Now Cadfael sets out on a dangerous quest to find them. The road will lead him to a chill and terrible murder and a tale of passion gone awry. And at journey's end awaits a vision of what is best, and worst, in humankind.

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice. The Sixth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Mysteriouspress.com / Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781497671201 (August, 2014), eBook, 8 MB (ca. 257 p.), $11.99.

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
In his sixth chronicle, Brother Cadfael sets out to find two orphans who have disappeared in the winter storms against the background of the bloody civil war

It is the winter of 1139 and the tranquil life in the monastery gardens in Shrewsbury is again interrupted by violence. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family - a boy of thirteen and an eighteen-year-old girl of great beauty - along with their companion, a young Benedictine nun. But the trio has disappeared somewhere in the wild countryside.

Cadfael fears for these lost lambs but his skills are needed to tend to a wounded monk, found naked and bleeding at the roadside. Why this holy man has been attacked and what his fevered ravings reveal soon give Brother Cadfael a clue to the fate of the missing travellers, and he sets out to find them. The search will lead him to discover a chilling and terrible murder, and a tale of passion gone astray.

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: The Virgin in the Ice. The Sixth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Sphere, ISBN: 9780751547177 (October, 2011), 281 p., £7.99.

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael's tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most distrubing of events. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family, a boy of thirteen and on eighreen-year-old girl of great beauty, and their companion, a young Benedictine nun. But the trio, never reaching Shrewsbury, have disappeored somewhere in the wild countryside.

Cadfael feels afraid for these three lost lambs, but another call for help sends him to the Church of Saint Mary. A wounded monk, found naked and bleeding by the roadside, will surely die without Cadfael's healing arts. Why this holy man ha been attacked and what his fevered ravings reveal soon give Brother Cadfael a clue to the fate of the missing travelers. Now Cadfael sets out on a dangerous quest to find them. The road will lead him to a chill and terrible murder and a tale of passion gone awry. And at journey's end awaits a vision of what is best, and worst, in humankind... in Ellis Peters's most stunning depiction yet of war and love.

"Some of the most elegant, unstilted prose being written in mystery. " -- Chicago Sun-Times
"Murderous though they be, the Ellis Peters books set in 12th-century Britain have the freshness of a new world at dawn... Peters weaves a complex, colorful and at times quite beautiful tapestry. Medieval of course." -- Houston Post

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice. The Sixth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury. Mysterious Press / Warner Books, ISBN: 0446404284 (May, 1995), 202 p., $5.99.

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice (USA 1984)

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"A BEAUTIFUL PUZZLE OF A BOOK." Houston Chronicle
In the brutally cold winter of 1139, Brother Cadfael, amateur detective extraordinaire, is called to a neighboring priory to help a wounded traveler.

The sheriff instructs Cadfael to be on the lookout for a pair of orphans, a brother and sister, and their chaperone. They are somewhere in the snowy countryside -- lost... or dead.

As dusk falls. Cadfael glimpses something glowing beneath the ice of a frozen brook: the body of a young girl. Sharp-witted and brave, Cadfael sets off in search of her killer. Before the first thaw, he will face more danger than many a monk sees in a lifetime.

The VIRGIN in the ICE
A truly chilling story of murder.

"A splendid combination of romance, mystery. medieval swashbuckling." -- Publishers Weekly

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice. Who buried the beautiful young girl in the coldest of coffins? A Medieval Murder Mystery. Fawcett Crest / Ballantine, ISBN: 0449211215 (May, 1984), 202 p., $2.50.

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice (UK 1984)

From the Publisher:
Winter, 1139: Brother Cadfael's tranquil life in the monastery gardens at Shrewsbury is once again interrupted by violent, mysterious happenings. Raging civil war has sent many refugees fleeing north from Worcester, among them two orphans of a great family and their companion, a nun. But they seem to have disappeared somewhere in the wild winter landscape of frost and snow - and Cadfael sets out to find them.

'strong in atmosphere and in plot, grim and yet hopeful' -- Daily Telegraph
'the 12th century tapestry is skilfully unfolded on familiar scenes' -- Oxford Times
'this is his sixth adventure and the interest never flags' -- Yorkshire Evening Post
"this is a little gem of a book' -- Irish Times
In the bestselling tradition of THE NAME OF THE ROSE

Ellis Peters: The Virgin in the Ice. A Medieval Whodunnit. London: Futura, 1984, ISBN: 0708825834, 220 p., £1.95.