ervase Bonel, with his wife and servants, is a guest of the Shrewsbury Abbey of St. Peter and St. 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, the good monk recognizes Richildis, whom he loved many years ago before he took his vows. And master Bonel himself has been fatally poisoned by a dose of deadly monk's hood oil from Cadfael's laboratory. The sheriff is convinced that the murder 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.
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