The Potter's Field

August, 1143. The body of a woman is unearthed in the freshly plowed fields that once belonged to a local potter — now a Benedictine monk. The woman is revealed to be his beautiful young wife, thought to have run away. Medieval Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael must determine if one of his own order is guilty of the crime.

• Author
• Ellis Peters

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 217

• Series
• Chronicles of Brother Cadfael

• Publisher
• Mysterious Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780446400589

• Characters
• Brother Cadfael

• Settings
• Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

• Genres
• mystery, historical, crime, fiction, medieval

• Release date
• 1991