The year is 1143 and once again Brother Cadfael is forced to abandon the tranquility of his herb garden and use his knowledge of human nature to solve a murder this time frighteningly close to home. When a newly ploughed field recently given to the Abbey yields that body of a young woman Cadfael is quickly thrown into a delicate situation. The field was once ownded by a local potter named Ruald who deserted his beautiful wife to take monastic vows among the Benedictines. The woman was said