The Sanctuary Sparrow Peters, Ellis

A wild young man tumbles from a church roof during a brawl, and the only witness — a wandering minstrel named Liliwin — flees to the abbey for sanctuary. Brother Cadfael believes the boy is innocent, but the entire town of Shrewsbury wants him hanged for murder and theft. As the forty days of sanctuary tick down, Cadfael must untangle a web of greed, jealousy, and old grudges before an innocent man is dragged to the gallows. Peters sets this seventh entry in her beloved medieval mystery series in the tense days of 1140, when sanctuary law held absolute power and the abbey was the only shield between a man and a mob. The real draw here is Cadfael himself — a former Crusader turned Benedictine monk who solves crimes with equal parts monastic wisdom and hard-won street sense. Perfect for fans of historical whodunits with genuine heart.