While Cadfael has bent Abbey rules, he has never broken his monastic vows--until now. Word has come to Shrewsbury of a treacherous act that has left 30 of Maud's knights imprisoned. All have been ransomed except Cadfael's secret son, Olivier. Conceived in Cadfael's soldiering youth and unaware of his father's identity, Olivier will die if he is not freed.
From Audible.com: This is the eleventh chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury. In the year of our Lord 1141, August comes in golden as a lion, and two monks ride into the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bringing with them disturbing news of war...and a mystery. The strangers tell how the strife between the Empress Maud and King Stephan has destroyed the town of Winchester and their priory. Now Brother Humilis, who is handsome, gaunt, and very ill, and Brother Fidelis, youthful, comely (and totally mute) must seek refuge at Shrewsury. And from the moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses something deeper than their common vows binds these two good brothers. What the link is he can only guess...what it will lead to is beyond his imagining. But as Brother Humilis' health fails, and nothing can stop death's lengthening shade, Brother Cadfael faces a poignant test of his discretion and his beliefs as he unravels a secret so great it can destroy a life, a future, and a holy order.
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 away with a lover, but now it seems as if she had been murdered. With the arrival at the abbey of young Sulien Blount, a novice fleeing homeward from the civil war raging in East Anglia, the mysteries surrounding the corpse start to multiply.
Outside the pale of the abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in September of the year of our Lord 1140, a priestly emissary for King Stephen has been reported missing. But inside the pale, Brother Cadfael's attention is turned on Meriet, a proud, secretive, nineteen year old novice who has been delivered to the abbey by his over-bearing father the Lord of Aspley, to begin a religious vocation. Meriet, meek by day, is so racked by dreams at night that his howl earns him the nickname of the Devil's Novice. Shunned and feared, Meriet is soon linked to the missing priest's fate. Only Brother Cadfael believes in Meriet's innocence, and only the good sleuth can uncover the truth before a boy's pure passion, not evil intent, leads a novice to the noose.
Gervase Bonel, with his wife and servants, is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he is suddenly taken ill. Luckily, the Abbey boasts the services of the clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the man's bedside, only to be confronted by two very different surprises. In Master Bonel's wife, he good monk recognises Richildis, whom he loved many years ago before he took his vows, and Master Bonel has been fatallly poisoned by a dose of deadly monk's-hood oil from Cadfael's herbarium. The Sherrif is convinced that the murdered is Richildis' son Edwin, who had reasons aplenty to hate his stepfather. But Cadfael, guided in part by his tender concern for a woman to whom he was once betrothed, is certain of her son's innocence. Using his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael deciphers a deadly recipe for murder.
"The second chronicle of Brother Cadfael, of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury " --Title page.
Mann die de Da Vinci Code creëerde - een ongeautoriseerde biografie van Dan Brown Het boek beschrijft Browns mislukte carrière als componist en popmuzikant, zijn interesse in zowel Europese als Amerikaanse geheimen, de omstandigheden rond de totstandkoming van zijn proza "Digitale vesting" en "Engelen en demonen", en zijn transformatie tot een beroemdheid in de Amerikaanse literatuur na het schrijven van "De Da Vinci Code". De zoon van een wiskundeleraar en een muzikante groeide op op het terrein van een elite school, om uiteindelijk net als zijn vader leraar te worden.
Tussen de twee wereldoorlogen beloven drie Engelse vriendinnen dat ze elkaar trouw zullen blijven.
For the stranger, Morocco was the last refuge. Here he hoped to build a new life for himself. But three people were waiting for him: Latham, a smuggler turned missionary; Kostos, a man with his grubby fingers in everything illegal; and a girl from his own mysterious past. The answers he sought would be found out among the Berbers residing between the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara...
Majoor Joseph Teleman voert in zijn A-17 - een toestel, dat meer weg heeft van een bestuurbare raket dan van een vliegtuig - een waarnemingsvlucht uit boven het grensgebied tussen de Sovjet-Unie en China. Hij verzamelt belangrijke gegevens, maar op de terugweg naar de Noordelijke Ijszeee, waar hij zijn gegevens zal overdragen aan de slagkruiser Robert F. Kennedy, slagen Russische jagers erin hem te onderscheppen, ondanks de onoverwinnelijk geachte bechermingsapparatuur waarvan de A-17 is voorzien. Teleman ontsnapt op het nippertje, maar hij moet een noodlanding maken op de Noorkaap, het noordelijkste punt van West-Europa, waar op dat moment een orkaan woedt. Het Amerikaanse schip stuurt een reddingsgroep uit, die hem in half bevroren toestand aantreft, en dan volgt een verschrikkelijke tocht door de dodelijke kou, waarbij ze achtervolgd worden door twee Russische patrouiiles welke door een onderzeeër aan land zijn gezet. Zwak en uitgeput wprden ze gevangengenomen, maar door een gelukkig toeval weten ze zich te bevrijden en ze zetten de wanhopige tocht voort, over sneeuw en rotsen, naar de Noorse NAVO-basis, onophoudelijk bedreigd door de grimmige natuur en opgejaagd door hun achtervolgenrs.
In the Summer of 1143, two visitors arrive at the gates of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul bearing a corpse. But another violent death follows in their wake, and Brother Cadfael is called upon to investigate the connection between these two gory events.
Raging civil war has sent many refugees fleeing north from Worcester, among them two orphans of a great family and their companion, a nun. They all seem to disappear in the wild winter landscape and Brother Cadfael sets out to find them.
In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks. Covering subjects from adding to algebra from set theory to statistics, and from logarithms to logical paradoxes, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p piece, and the strategy of how best to gamble it in a casino. He shines a light on the mathematical patterns in nature, and on the peculiar predictability of random behaviour. He eats a potato crisp whose revolutionary shape was unpalatable to the ancient Greeks, and he shows the deep connections between maths, religion and philosophy. Alex weaves a journey from primary school to university level maths, from ancient history to the computing frontline, and from St Louis, Missouri, to Braintree, Essex. He meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany, consults a numerologist in the US desert, meets a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan, and seeks advice from a venerable Hindu sage in India. An unlikely but exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs, Alex's Adventures in Numberland show the world of maths to be a much friendlier and more colourful place than you might have imagined.
Silver Dagger and Edgar Award-winner Ellis Peters offers the 19th chronicle in her enchanting 12th-century mystery series featuring that beloved medieval sleuth Brother Cadfael. The Holy Thief combines excitement, romance, and intrigue with meticulously researched and endlessly fascinating details of medieval life.
In 1142, in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul a momentous chain of events begins. Following the demise of Richard Ludel, his 10-year-old son becomes the new lord of Eaton. Soon after, a corpse is found in the forest and Brother Cadfael must track down a ruthless murderer.
Een zakenman, die op zoek is naar investeerders in het Midden-Oosten, raakt onbedoeld betrokken bij allerlei politieke ontwikkelingen.
Na de dood van de zoon van een grootgrondbezitter moet een vissersfamilie het Canarische eiland Lanzarote ontvluchten.
The Mulgraves are a rootless, bohemian family who travel the continent, staying in crumbling Italian palazzos, Spanish villas, French vineyards - belonging nowhere, picking up friends and hangers-on as they go, and moving on when Ralph Mulgrave's latest enthusiasm dwindles. Faith, the eldest child of the family, longs for a proper home. But in 1940 Germany invades France and the Mulgraves are forced to flee to England. Faith and her brother Jake go to London, while Ralph reluctantly settles in a Norfolk cottage with the remnant of his family. In the intense and dangerous landscape of wartime London Faith finds work as an ambulance driver, and meets once again one of Ralph's retinue from those distant and, in retrospect, golden days of childhood. Through war and its aftermath it is Faith on whom the family relies, Faith who offers support and succour, and Faith who is constant and true in her love. An epic novel of courage, passion and enduring love by the outstanding author of The Winter House, The Shadow Child and Some Old Lover's Ghost.
Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made of cadmium (Cd, 48)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why did tellurium (Te, 52) lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history? The periodic table is one of our crowning scientific achievements, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, betrayal and obsession. The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. Why did a little lithium (Li, 3) help cure poet Robert Lowell of his madness? And how did gallium (Ga, 31) become the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? The Disappearing Spoon has the answers, fusing science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, discovery and alchemy, from the big bang through to the end of time
A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael's abbey, leaving the monk with a terrible mystery to solve. The key to the killing is hidden among the inhabitants of the Saint Giles leper colony, and Brother Cadfael must ferret out a sickness not of the body, but of a twisted mind.
De moord op een hoertje leidt tot een bovennatuurlijke speurtocht.
A young man, pursued by a lynch mob, claims sanctuary just in time to save his own life. The accusation is robbery and murder - yet Brother Cadfael senses his innocence and sets out to solve yet another tangle of human passions, where love plays its inevitable part.
Looking Good Dead is the second book by number one bestselling crime and thriller writer Peter James. Part of the multi-million-copy series featuring the definitive Brighton detective, Roy Grace.
Spiros Aristides ontdekt op een van zijn duiktochten voor de kust van Kreta een oud vliegtuigwrak met daarin enkele lijken en een koffer met geheimzinnige flacons. Hij neemt de flacons mee en één ervan maakt hij samen met zijn neef open. Vierentwintig uur later worden beide mannen dood aangetroffen, bloedend uit al hun lichaamsopeningen.De toegesnelde arts beseft al snel dat er sprake moet zijn van een onbekend en uiterst dodelijk virus. Het dorp wordt van de buitenwereld afgesloten en de Griekse overheid roept de hulp in van buitenlandse experts. Deze activiteiten worden opgemerkt door de CIA, die onmiddellijk haar eigen maatregelen treft om de vondst van het virus geheim te houden en alle sporen uit te wissen.Ook de Britse geheim agent Paul Richter wordt naar Kreta gestuurd om de mysterieuze sterfgevallen te onderzoeken. Hij stuit echter op meer vragen dan antwoorden. Waarom wil de CIA het wrak vernietigen? Waarom worden in Amerika gepensioneerde CIA-agenten omgebracht? Zelfs Richter is echter niet voorbereid op de verschrikkelijke waarheid...
The fourth anniversary of the transfer of Saint Winifred's bones to the Abbey at Shrewsbury is a time of celebration for the 12th-century pilgrims gathering from far and wide. In distant Winchester, however, a knight has been murdered. Could it be because he was a supporter of the Empress Maud, one of numerous pretenders to the throne? It's up to herbalist, sleuth, and Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael to track down the killer in the pious throng.
A pause in the civil war offers Shrewsbury's townsfolk hope that the upcoming fair will be successful, but the discovery of the body of a wealthy merchant could destroy that hope.
For three girls growing up in the Fens in the tumultuous years between two world wars, the Winter House was a special place of refuge and friendship. Winter or summer, they would meet at the old wooden house by the waterside to confide all the secrets and heartaches of childhood and adolescence. There was Robin, idealistic and clever, destined for Cambridge; Maia, the most beautiful and ambitious of the three, looking for a rich husband; and quiet Helen, living under the seemingly benevolent tyranny of her widower father, the local vicar. Adulthood separates the three girls, and Robin, abandoning ideas of university, goes to London to work amongst the poor, meeting there her first great love, the handsome but brittle Francis. Maia's ideal marriage to a wealthy man ends in tragedy and Helen, meanwhile, kept in near-imprisonment by her obsessively protective father, has her very sanity threatened. Hugely satisfying, dramatic and romantic,The Winter Housetells how these women find their way through a world changed for ever, through political and social upheaval, through the Spanish Civil World War and to the brink of the Second World War. Set against a backdrop of London, Paris and the unchanging English countryside, it is a novel of rare warmth and beauty.
Christmas, 1141 AD. Abbot Radulfus returns from London, bringing with him a priest for the vacant living of Holy Cross (known as the Foregate), a man of presence, scholarship and discipline, but neither humility nor the common touch. When he is found drowned in the mill-pond, suspicion is cast in many directions, not least towards a young man who came in the priest's train, sent to work in Brother Cadfael's garden. For he has little obvious priestly calling. Indeed, he soon attracts the friendship of a girl both beautiful and formidable. To Brother Cadfael, once worldly, now dedicated, if gently cynical, is left the familiar task of sorting the complicated strands which define guilt and innocence.
A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June 22nd. On that day the young widow Perle must receive one white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey or the contract is void. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent - and is found murdered beside the hacked rose-bush. The abbey's wise herbalist, Brother Cadfael, follows the trail of bloodied petals. He knows the lovely widow's dowry is far greater with her house included, and she will likely wed again. But before Cadfael can ponder if a greedy suitor has done this dreadful deed, another crime is committed. Now the good monk must thread his way through a tangle more tortuous than the widow's thorny bushes -- or there will be more tears...
In his ninth outing the beloved Brother Cadafel must helps a lovelorn young Welshman accused of murdering a sheriff.*
When his friend, a former member of an elite assassin organization, is abducted by a vengeful adversary, Charlie Parker and his associates set out to find him, in a case that forces Charlie to test the boundaries of his ethics.
In a near-future setting, the story delves into the deep bond between two teenage sisters as they navigate life in isolation within their Northern California forest home. The novel explores themes of survival, resilience, and the complexities of their relationship against a backdrop of societal collapse. As they face challenges together, their connection is tested, highlighting the strength of family ties in dire circumstances.
Veronika has everything she could wish for - but is not happy. One morning she decides to die and she takes an overdose, only to wake up in hospital where she realises she has only days to live. The story follows Veronika through these intense days.
Symbologist Robert Langdon returns in this new thriller follow-up to The Da Vinci Code.
Eleven Minutes is the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that “love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer. . . .” A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune.Maria’s despairing view of love is put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter. In this odyssey of self-discovery, Maria has to choose between pursuing a path of darkness—sexual pleasure for its own sake—or risking everything to find her own “inner light” and the possibility of sacred sex, sex in the context of love.
AN ELECTRIFYING AND UTTERLY GRIPPING MUST READ FROM THE MASTER BESTSELLER
This is the story of Pilar, an independent and practical yet restless young woman, whose life is forever changed by an encounter with a childhood friend.
Whether it's the sudden snapping of bonds between lovers or shopping on Oxford Street, Maeve Binchy finds the unexpected truth in experiences so real that every woman will recognize them. Filled with her delicious humor and warmth, the twenty-two stories in London Transports will delight and captivate as they take us to a place that is far away—and yet so familiar...Where having an affair with a married man brings one woman to a turning point...Where another finds that looking for an apartment to share can be a risky business...Where nosing into a secretary's life can have shocking results...Where a dress designer just had a god-awful day...And where Maeve Binchy captures the beat of every woman's heart.
In the ninth century b.c., the Phoenician princess Jezebel orders the execution of all the prophets who refuse to worship the pagan god Baal. Commanded by an angel of God to flee Israel, Elijah seeks safety in the land of Zarephath, where he unexpectedly finds true love with a young widow. But this newfound rapture is to be cut short, and Elijah sees all of his hopes and dreams irrevocably erased as he is swept into a whirlwind of events that threatens his very existence. Written with the same masterful prose and clarity of vision that made "The Alchemist "an international phenomenon, "The Fifth Mountain" is a quietly moving account of a man touched by the hand of God who must triumph over his frustrations in a soul-shattering trial of faith.
The Journey... Every Friday night a lilac-colored minibus leaves Dublin for the Irish country town of Rathdoon with seven weekend commuters on board. All of them, from the joking bank porter to the rich doctor's daughter, have their reasons for making the journey. The Destination...Rathdoon is the kind of Irish village where family histories are shared and scandals don't stay secret for long. And this weekend, when the bus pulls in, the riders find the unexpected waiting for them...as each of their private lives unfolds to reveal a sharp betrayal of the heart, a young man's crime, and a chance for new dreams among the eight intriguing men and women on... "From the Trade Paperback edition."
When the cast and crew of reality TV show 'SeaLife' land on picturesque, unexplored Henders Island it's a ratings bonanza. But they're blissfully unaware that the decisions they make there will shape the fate of mankind. They quickly discover, however, that the island is seething with danger.
Two women, Grace in London, Bid in Dublin, and one man - the wealthy head of a Dutch development company. No apparent connection between them, yet their lives are destroyed by one searing incident, resolutely buried.
"One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more success and new love, he remains mystified - and increasingly fascinated - by her absence. Was she kidnapped, blackmailed, or simply bored with their marriage? The unrest she causes is as strong as the attraction she exerts." "His search for her - and for the truth of his own life - takes him from France to Spain, Croatia and, eventually, the bleakly beautiful landscape of Central Asia. More than that, it takes him from the safety of his world to a totally unknown path, searching for a new understanding of the nature of love and the power of destiny."--BOOK JACKET
George Soros's The Crisis of Global Capitalism became an international bestseller and an instant classic; a must read for anyone concerned with the complex market forces that rule our global economy and create both prosperity and instability. Now, in Open Society , Soros takes a new and provocative look at the arguments he made in that book, incorporating the latest global economic and political developments into his analysis. He shows how our economic and political arrangements are out of sync. Recognizing that our existing institutions are under the sway of sovereign states, he proposes an "open society alliance" with the dual purpose of fostering open societies in individual countries and laying the groundwork for a global open society. In leading up to his inspiring vision, Soros presents an iconoclastic view of the world that has guided him both in making money and spending it on his network of Open Society Foundations. This book sums up the life's work of an exceptional individual. George Soros is the best fund manager in history, a stateless statesman, and an original thinker.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Circle of Friends, The Glass Lake, and Evening Class comes a stunning collection of fifteen Christmas stories filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit, charm, and sheer storytelling genius. In "A Typical Irish Christmas," a grieving widower heads for a holiday in Ireland and finds an unexpected destination not just for himself, but for a father and daughter in crisis. . . . In "Pulling Together," a teacher not yet out of her twenties sees her affair with a married man at a turning point as Christmas Eve approaches. . . . And in the title story, "This Year It Will Be Different," a woman with a complacent husband and grown children enters a season that will forever alter her life, and theirs. . .These stories, and a dozen more, powerfully evoke many lives--from step-families grappling with exes to children caught in grown-up tugs-of-war--during the one holiday when feelings cannot be easily hidden. The time of year may be magical, imbued with meaning. But the situations are timeless. And Maeve Binchy makes us care about them all.
Paulo Coelho, one of the world's best loved storytellers, is back with a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello', which was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller in hardback.
Holly Appleton knows that modern women don't believe in love, and yet she believes in love so much that she sets up a dating agency, Girl Meets Boy, to help others fulfil their romantic destiny and find true happiness.Holly's life is a growing success, yet her own love life is beginning to unravel. She has just become un-engaged to Nick. But Nick won't move on, he won't even move out. Holly decides Nick needs to be shocked into shifting and agrees to go on a date with one of the men who writes to her agency. And that's when the problems really start. Not only is Stuart Marshall not her type, he's deeply unpleasant and unaccustomed to taking no for an answer.Will Nick see sense? Will Holly discover what she really wants and needs? Will Girl Meet Boy survive? Maybe they will, when they stop acting like children and start behaving like adults.
An essential companion to the inspirational classic The Alchemist, filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery.
Taking place over the course of 24 hours during the Cannes Film Festival, this is the story of Igor, a successful, driven Russian entrepreneur who will go to the darkest lengths to reclaim a lost love--his ex-wife.
West Virginia, 1859. Sarah Brown heeft de bijzondere gave kaarten te tekenen en zo slaven te laten ontsnappen. Het is een veelbewogen zomer: Sarah is na een ziekte onvruchtbaar geworden en de oktoberopstand doet het kruitvat van de Burgeroorlog ontploffen. Maar het grootste conflict speelt zich af in haar hart. Ze is hartstochtelijk verliefd op Freddy maar hoe kan ze zijn aanzoek accepteren nu ze weet dat hun huwelijk kinderloos zal blijven? Honderdvijftig jaar later verhuizen Jack en Eden Anderson naar West Virginia om een gezin te stichten. Hoewel Eden alles heeft geprobeerd om zwanger te worden, wil het niet lukken. Op een dag vindt ze een vreemde pop in de kelder. Wanneer ze de herkomst probeert te achterhalen, gaan heden en verleden steeds meer door elkaar lopen.
The new novel by the author of The Alchemist.
A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives. A novel of temptation by the internationally bestselling author Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym is a thought-provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear—as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.
Georgie: gorgeous, glamorous and successful. But her bank balance is a molehill and her credit card bill a mountain. Lin: the gap between her dreams and reality is as wide as the Grand Canyon -- not ideal when you're a single mother. Cookie: smart and sassy, but all too aware that fairy tales don't happen for those not heroine-shaped. For these three women life just isn't turning out as planned. Working in publishing -- the parties, book launches and long lunches -- isn't nearly as glamorous as it sounds. And each is aware of something missing in their lives. So when the opportunity comes for them to wish for something, they jump at the chance. For where there's a wish, there's a way, especially with a little help from your friends ...
This is a modern-day adventure story featuring Paulo's supernatural encounter with angels - who appear as warrior women and travel through the Mojave desert on their motorbikes.
The thought-provoking new novel from the international bestselling author whose words change lives. Linda knows she's lucky. Yet every morning when she opens her eyes to a so-called new day, she feels like closing them again. Her friends recommend medication. But Linda wants to feel more, not less. And so she embarks on an adventure as unexpected as it is daring, and which reawakens a side of her that she - respectable wife, loving mother, ambitious journalist - thought had disappeared. Even she can't predict what will happen next...
Wanneer een lid van een vriendengroep spoorloos verdwijnt, wordt dat, en drie sterfgevallen in de groep van 15 jaar daarvoor, voor de politie aanleiding een uitgebreid onderzoek in te stellen.
Een jonge man gaat naar Zuid-Afrika om zijn wegens terrorisme ter dood veroordeelde vader te helpen.
Het laatste lijk - Na een gruwelijke veldslag verlaat Cadfael de vredige kloostertuin om zich te wijden aan een naargeestige taak: het begraven van de gesneuvelden. Het officiële dodental is 94, maar... Cadfael ontdekt dat er 95 lijken te begraven zijn. Alle reden voor Cadfael om zelf ten strijde te trekken. De eenzame bruid - In Shrewsbury worden voorbereidingen getroffen voor een wel heel bizar huwelijk: dat tussen een oude edelman en een piepjong meisje. Een flink aantal bruiloftsgasten, van wie velen van heinde en verre komen, is al in Shrewsbury neergestreken. Dan wordt er een moord gepleegd... Cadfael wordt gevraagd om een onderzoek in te stellen, maar met al die vreemdelingen in de stad is dat voorwaar geen gemakkelijke opgave
De politie staat voor een raadsel als een aantal mannen op verschillende plaatsen door bizarre ongelukken om het leven komen.
Door een hallucinatie tijdens het lezen van de Portugese schrijver Pessoa bevindt een man zich plotseling in Lissabon.
Na veel avonturen bereikt een jonge Engelsman in 1850 via Australië China en raakt betrokken bij de tweede opiumoorlog (1856-1860).
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Met een in Groenland neergestort vliegtuig blijkt meer aan de hand te zijn dan aanvankelijk werd gedacht.
Wanneer een detective wordt ingehuurd door een vrouw die zich bedreigd voelt, ontdekt hij meer dan hem lief is.
Een man onderzoekt in Moskou het lichaam van een collega die bij een verkeersongeluk om het leven zou zijn gekomen, maar ontdekt dat de Russen hem voor de gek proberen te houden.
Een Amerikaanse verpleegster in Vietnam ontmoet in Saigon haar grote liefde.
