Dead Man's Ransom
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#9 Chronicles of Brother Cadfael

Dead Man's Ransom

Ellis Peters
4.07
6,955 ratings 401 reviews
In the midst of a twelfth-century civil war between King Stephen and Empress Maud, a hostage exchange is put in jeopardy when one of the prisoners dies, and Brother Cadfael determines that he was murdered
Genres: MysteryHistorical FictionFictionHistoricalCrimeMedievalHistorical MysteryDetectiveAudiobookBritish Literature
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