The Sanctuary Sparrow: Sudden drama strikes the Benadictine monastery at Shrewsbury when a young man pursued by a lynching mob claims sanctuary just in time to save his life. Cadfael senses the young man's innocence & sets out to solve yet another tangle of human passions where love plays its inevitable part. The Devil's Novice: The Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a disturbing presence. Meek & bidable by day his sleep is rent with nightmares so violent as to earn him the nickname of Devil's Novice. Can Meriet be involved in the nearby disappearance of a superior prelate? As events take a sinister turn it falls to Brother Cadfael to detect the truth behind the young man's predicament. Dead Man's Ransom: In the battle of Lincoln the sherrif of Shropshire is captured & the King himself taken prisoner by his enemies. Nothing more natural than that an exchange of prisoners should take place. But before this can be completed one captive is murdered. & to Brother Cadfael who notices the evidence of unnatural death falls the task of gathering enough clues to prove it.