Dead Man's Ransom, the 9th book in the Chronicals of Brother Cadfael series by Peter Ellis, is set during the British civil war in the 1100s. I enjoy the time period and learning about how certain things were done as well as the entertaining mystery. This offering has a unpleasant event that surprised me, but it will not stop me from continuing the series. The blurb is more than sufficent to get the reader on the right path as the book begins.