Another short entry in a series that I have been saving for Christmas reading. It does take place during the Yuletide season, but in an environment that few of us will be familiar with, the monastery. Not many of us spend Christmas Eve singing and praying through the night into Christmas Day! I do wonder if our society would be better off if we focused more on the spirit of the season and less on the material aspects.
The story has many of the elements that Peters favours: a young man using an alias, a young woman who likes what she sees, the reveal of the young man's true identity, the search for him, and the near miss of discovery. The entangled story of the priest whose lack of compassion shows him to be completely unsuitable for the position that he has been given. How will the Abbot deal with him, when he is proud of his lack of flexibility?
So, not the most Christmassy of my December choices, but as enjoyable as I usually find Brother Cadfael.
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