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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 as to who shall benefit from the levies the fair provides, a riot ensues Afterwards 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. ‘The latest in an admirable series’ The whole set, as usual, against a detailed and carefully presented picture of medieval life’ A gentle plod at the rich stirrup of history’ Also from Futura by Ellis Peters: THE VIRGIN IN THE ICE DE\IL'S NOVICE A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES ONE CORPSE TOO MANY MONK'S HOOD THE LEPER OF SAINT GILES THE SANCTUARY SPARROW