Medieval monk Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robbery-in the Silver Dagger Award-winning mystery series.
The historical mystery series earned Ellis Peters a Crime Writers\' Association Silver Dagger Award-and a legion of devoted fans ( Los Angeles Times )..
The Sanctuary Sparrow is the seventh book in the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, featuring a wily veteran of the Crusades.
Brother Cadfael believes Liliwin is innocent, but finding the truth and the treasure before Liliwin\'s respite in Sanctuary runs out may uncover a deadlier sin than thievery-a desperate love that nothing, not even the threat of hanging, can stop.
The cold light of morning, however, will show his supposed victim, the miserly craftsman, still lives, although a strongbox lies empty.
Liliwin, a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of a local goldsmith\'s son, has been accused of robbery and murder.
When the frantic creature bursts into the nave to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man.
Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life.
In the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound-a hunt in full cry.
Medieval monk Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robbery-in the Silver Dagger Award-winning mystery series
