Book Log 2023 #20: Summer of the Danes by Ellis Peters

Brother Cadfael gets an opportunity to return to his home country, traveling with his former apprentice Mark (now a deacon) to visit two Welsh bishops to offer a message of good will from Mark's bishop and a reminder of the imposition of the Roman rite. Things go well with the first bishop, but then go awry when they get mixed up in a murder, the disappearance of a young woman, and a plot to overthrow a Welsh lord by his brother, who has allied with the Danes of the title.

As with many of the previous books, Cadfael does his best to correct love gone wrong and find justice - unofficial as it may be - for the murder he's investigating. We are getting close to the end of the series (only two books left), I'll be interested to see how (or if) the series gets wrapped up.