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The series, book after book, runs a certain formula that is easily predictable. Despite this, it is among my most favorite series of books as it is always entertaining, clever, and witty (notice a trend in the things I like?) and moreover, anciently historical. It is a nice change from the more contemporary noir stories of Chandler and Hammett I usually read.
For those looking for a light series of murder mysteries with a great historical touch, you cannot go wrong with Brother Cadfael.
I first became acquainted with Cadfael some years ago when I purchased the first book as a book on CD to keep me sane on long drives at a former job. I quite enjoyed it. Soon thereafter I picked up the first book (paper back - before my hardback obsession) book in the series, A Morbid Taste For Bones, in a specific edition as shown by the picture above, and the next few books of the same editions in order.
Unfortunately, this particular edition soon went out of print...which brings me to the point of this...after 10 years I just completed a full set of this edition by purchases at various used bookstores, and online dealers. For whatever reason, The Devil's Novice (book 9) was exceptionally hard to find. While I had book 10 and onward, I couldn't read them until I got book 9. Now I have it, and I have a strange sense of accomplishment.
Over the years I have done my share of collecting - or at least attempts at it - of various things but never had a complete set of whatever it was I was collecting. This is the first. It feels good. So much so that it will be the point of some future missive (collecting, not Cadfael).
If you will excuse me, I will be a little busy reading.
-Brent
"There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil." - Ellis Peters
