Used book – The Devil's Novice, Ellis Peters

"In detective fiction, there were already two detectives in cassocks: Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, and the Franciscan William of Baskerville by Umberto Eco. Now we must add a third: Brother Cadfael, a herbalist at Shrewsbury Abbey in the 13th century. This investigator sprang directly from the imagination of an elderly lady, Ellis Peters, aged 75. Beyond the plot, what a history lesson at a time when England and Normandy were one. This is something else entirely compared to Hercule Poirot's little grey cells. A discovery, an absolute must-read."