The Sanctuary Sparrow By
Ellis Peters 
 
In the gentle Shrewsbury spring of 1140, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with and unholy sound-a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creature bursts into the nave to claim sanctury, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to ave a terrified young man.