Dead Man's Ransom

Theyearis1141andcivilwarcontinuestorage.WhenthesheriffofShropshireistakenprisoner,arrangementsaremadetoexchangehimforElis,ayoungWelshman.Butwhenthesheriffisbroughttotheabbey,heismurdered.SuspicionfallsonElis,whohasfalleninlovewiththesheriff'sdaughter.WithnothingbuthisWelshhonortoprotecthim,ElisappealstoBrotherCadfaelforhelp.AndBrotherCadfaelgivesit,notknowingthatthetruthwillbeatrialforhisownsoul.