Sanctuary Sparrow

Medieval monk Brother Cadfael races to save a young man he believes is falsely accused of robberyin the Silver Dagger Awardwinning mystery series.

In the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sounda hunt in full cry.

Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life.

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. Liliwin, a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of a local goldsmith's son, has been accused of robbery and murder.

The cold light of morning, however, will show his supposed victim, the miserly craftsman, still lives, although a strongbox lies empty.

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 thieverya desperate love that nothing, not even the threat of hanging, can stop.The Sanctuary Sparrowis the seventh book in the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, featuring a ';wily veteran of the Crusades.' The historical mystery series earned Ellis Peters a Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger Awardand a legion of devoted fans (Los Angeles Times).