num_pages: 217
description: August, 1143. The body of a woman is unearthed in the freshly plowed fields that once belonged to a local potter -- now a Benedictine monk. The woman is revealed to be his beautiful young wife, thought to have run away. Medieval Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael must determine if one of his own order is guilty of the crime.
language: English
title: The Potter's Field
titlecomplete: The Potter's Field (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #17)
characters: Brother Cadfael
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Historical Mystery, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 6009
places: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Mysterious Press