Characters in Monk's Hood

Brother Cadfael

Shrewsbury Abbey's herbalist and a former Crusader, whose knowledge of plants and human nature drives the investigation.

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

Gervase Bonel

A guest at the abbey whose sudden death by poisoning sets the plot in motion.

Richildis

Bonel's widow, and a woman Cadfael once nearly married before entering the monastery.

Edwin

Richildis's son, wrongly suspected of murdering his stepfather.