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Medieval Mysteries

Mysteries set in the Middle Ages (500 - 1500 A.D.)
 


 

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Single Titles

Simon Beaufort:
     Murder in the Holy City
     A Head for Poisoning
Umberto Eco:
     The Name of the Rose
     Postscript to the Name of the Rose
A Stolen Tongue  Sheri Holman
Eat, Drink, and Be Buried  Peter King
Murder at the War  Mary Monica Pulver
Wine of Violence  Priscilla J. Royal
Morality Play  Barry Unsworth
The Poisoned Serpent  Joan Wolf
 

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Series
(Titles below reflect the current collection. Other titles in the series or by that author may not be owned by library.)

Hugh Corbet: spy for King Henry I of England by P.C. Doherty
    
 (see British Aristocracy Mysteries)

Sigismondo da Roca, Italian agent of a Renaissance duke
by Elizabeth Eyre
    1. Curtains For the Cardinal
    2. Poison For the Prince
    3. Axe For an Abbot
    4. Dirge For a Doge
          Other titles in series

Sister Frevisse,
medieval nun in Oxfordshire, England by Margaret Frazer
    1. The Novice's Tale
    2. The Servant's Tale
    3. The Boy's Tale
    4. The Prioress' Tale
    5. The Maiden's Tale
    6. The Reeve's Tale
    7. The Squire's Tale
    8. The Clerk's Tale
    9. The Bastard's Tale
  10. The Hunter's Tale
  11. The Widow's Tale
           Other titles in series

Magdalene La Batard,
whorehouse mistress in 1100s London by Roberta Gellis
    1. A Personal Devil
    2. Bone of Contention

Medieval Mystery Series by Alan Gordon
    1. Thirteenth Night
    2. Jester Leaps In
    3. A Death in the Venetian Quarter

Kathryn Swinbrooke, 15th century physician, apothecary, death investigator in Canterbury, England

       by C.L. Grace
    1. A Shrine of Murders
    2. The Eye of God
    3. The Book of Shadows
    4. Saintly Murders
    5. A Maze of Murders
          Other titles in series

Matthew Bartholomew,
brother and forensic sleuth in the 14th century by Susanna Gregory
    1. A Plague on Both Your Houses
    2. An Unholy Alliance
    3. A Bone of Contention
    4. The Hand of Justice
          Other titles in series

Brother Athelstan, 14th century Dominican monk by Paul Harding
    1. The Nightingale Gallery
    2. Red Slayer
          Other titles in series

Simon Puttock,
medieval West County bailiff and Sir Baldwin Furnshill, ex-Templar Knight in Devon,
       England
by Michael Jecks
    1. The Crediton Killings
    2. Squire Throwleigh's Heir
    3. The Traitor of St. Giles
    4. The Boy-Bishop's Glovemaker
    5. The Sticklepath Strangler
    6. The Devil's Acolyte
          Other titles in series

Richard Delchard,
soldier and Gervases Bret, lawyer in 11th century England by Edward Marston
    1. The Wolves of Savernake
    2. The Ravens of Blackwater
    3. The Dragons of Archenfield
    4. The Lions of the North
    5. The Serpents of Harbledown
    6. The Stallions of Woodstock
    7. The Hawks of Delamere
    8. The Wildcats of Exeter
    9. The Foxes of Warwick
  10. The Owls of Gloucester
           Other titles in series

William Falconer,
13th century university regent master in Oxford by Ian Morson
    1. Falconer's Crusade
    2. Falconer's Judgement
    3. Falconer and the Face of God
    4. A Psalm For Falconer
    5. Falconer and the Great Beast

Catherine LeVendeur, novice and scholar in 12th century France by Sharan Newman
    1. Death Comes as Epiphany
    2. The Devil's Door
    3. The Wandering Arm
    4. Strong as Death
    5. Cursed in Blood
    6. The Difficult Saint
    7. To Wear the White Cloak
    8. Heresy
    9. The Outcast Dove

Justin de Quincy,
bastard son of a bishop in 12th century England by Sharon Kay Penman
    1. The Queen's Man
    2. Cruel as the Grave
    3. Dragon's Lair
    4. Prince of Darkness

Brother Cadfael, 12th century monk/herbalist in England by Ellis Peters
    1. A Morbid Taste For Bones
    2. One Corpse Too Many
    3. Monk's Hood
    4. Saint Peter's Fair
    5. The Leper of Saint Giles
    6. The Virgin in the Ice
    7. The Sanctuary Sparrow
    8. The Devil's Notice
    9. The Pilgrim of Hate
  10. An Excellent Mystery
  11. The Raven in the Foregate
  12. The Rose Rent
  13. The Hermit of Eyton Forest
  14. The Confession of Brother Haluin
  15. A Rare Benedictine
  16. The Heretic's Apprentice
  17. The Potter's Field
  18. The Summer of the Danes
  19. The Holy Thief
  20. Brother Cadfael's Penance
          Other titles in series

John the Eunuch,
Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian in Constantinople in 537 by Mary Reed
    1. One For Sorrow
    2. Two For Joy
    3. Three For a Letter
    4. Four For a Boy
          Other titles in series

Owen Archer, medieval Welsh spy for the Archbishop by Candace M. Robb
    1. The Apothecary Rose
    2. The Lady Chapel
    3. The Nun's Tale
    4. The King's Bishop
    5. The Riddle of St. Leonard's
    6. A Gift of Sanctuary
    7. A Trust Betrayed
    8. A Spy For the Redeemer
    9. The Cross-Legged Knight

Isaac of Girona, blind physician in 1350s Spain by Caroline Roe
    1. Cure For a Charlatan
    2. Solace For a Sinner
    3. Draught For a Dead Man
    4. Poultice For a Healer
          Other titles in series

Roger the Chapman,
a medieval chapman (peddler) in England by Kate Sedley
    1. Death and the Chapman
    2. The Plymouth Cloak
    3. The Weaver's Tale
    4. The Holy Innocents
    5. The Eve of Saint Hyacinth
    6. The Wicked Winter
    7. The Brothers of Glastonbury
    8. The Weaver's Inheritance
    9. The Saint John's Fern
  10. Nine Men Dancing
          Other titles in series
Sister Fidelma, 7th century Celtic sister and legal advocate in Kildare, Ireland by Peter Tremayne
    1. Absolution by Murder
    2. Suffer Little Children
    3. The Subtle Serpent
    4. The Spider's Web
    5. Hemlock at Vespers
    6. Valley of the Shadow
    7. The Monk Who Vanished
    8. Act of Mercy
    9. Our Lady of Darkness
         Other titles in series


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