Characters in An Excellent Mystery

Brother Cadfael

The Welsh-born Benedictine monk-detective of Shrewsbury Abbey, who senses a hidden bond between two arriving monks.

Also in A Morbid Taste for Bones, One Corpse Too Many, Monk's Hood, Saint Peter's Fair, The Leper of Saint Giles, The Virgin in the Ice, The Sanctuary Sparrow, The Devil's Novice, Dead Man's Ransom, The Pilgrim of Hate

Brother Humilis

A gravely ill monk fleeing the destruction of Winchester Priory, tied to a woman he once refused to marry.