Medieval Mysteries
A
Bibliography
The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunits
edited by Mike Ashley
The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives
edited by Mike Ashley
Royal Whodunnits
edited by Mike Ashley
Crime Through Time: Original Tales of Historical Mystery
edited by Miriam Monfredo & Sharan Newman
Crime Through Time II
edited by Miriam Monfredo & Sharan Newman
Crime Through Time III
edited by Sharan Newman
Murder Most Medieval: Noble Tales of Ignoble Demises
edited by Martin Greenberg & John Heifers
v John the Eunuch story takes place in 6th century Constantinople
authors: Mary Reed & Eric Mayer
One for Sorrow
Two for Joy
v Sister Fidelma stories start in 664
author: Peter Tremayne
Hemlock at Vespers (short story collection)
Absolution by Murder
Shroud for the Archbishop
Suffer Little Children
The Subtle Serpent
The Spider’s Web
Valley of the Shadows
The Monk Who Vanished
v The Domesday Researchers stories start in 1086
author: Edward Marston
The Wolves of Savernake
The Ravens of Blackwater
The Dragons of Archenfield
The Lions of the North
The Serpents of Harbledown
The Stallions of Woodstock
The Wildcats of Exeter
The Hawks of Delemere
v Sir Geoffrey de Mappestone Stories start in 1100
author: Simon Beaufort
Murder in the Holy City
A Head for Poisoning
v Hugh Corbaille story takes place in the 1100's
author: Joan Wolf
No Dark Place
The Poisoned Serpent
v Brother Cadfael stories go from 1136 to 1146
author: Ellis Peters
A Rare Benedictine
The Holy Thief
A Morbid Taste for Bones
One Corpse Too Many
Monks-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
An Excellent Mystery
The Raven in the Foregate
The Rose Rent
The Hermit of Eyton Forest
The Confession of Brother Haluin
The Heretic’s Apprentice
The Potter’s Field
The Summer of the Danes
Brother Cadfael’s Penance
related books: Brother Cadfael’s Herb Garden by Robin Whiteman
Cordially Yours, Brother Cadfael by Anne K. Kaler (editor)
Strongholds and Sanctuaries by Ellis Peters & Roy Morgan
Ellis Peters' Shropshire by Ellis Peters
v Catherine Le Vendeur stories start in 1139
author: Sharan Newman
Death Comes As Epiphany
The
Wandering Arm
Cursed in the Blood
The Difficult Saint
To Wear the
White Cloak
v Sir Bellamy of Itchen Story takes place in 1139
author: Roberta Gellis
A
Mortal Bane
v Josse d'Acquin story takes place in 1157
author: Alys Clare
Fortune
like the Moon
v Father Simeon story takes place in 1180
author: Domini Highsmith
Keeper at
the Shrine
v Justin de Quincy story takes place in 1193
author: Sharon Kay Penman
The Queen’s Man
Cruel as the
Grave
v Feste stories start in 1200
authors: Alan Gordon
Thirteenth Night
Jester Leaps In
v William Falconer stories start in 1264
author: Ian Morson
Falconer’s
Crusade
Falconer’s
Judgment
Falconer
and the Face of God
A
Psalm for Falconer
Falconer and the Great Beast
v
Hugh Corbett
stories start in 1284
author: P.C. Doherty
Satan in St. Mary’s
Crown in Darkness
Spy in Chancery
The
Angel of Death
The Prince of Darkness
Murder Wears a Cowl
The Assassin in the
Greenwood
The
Song of a Dark Angel
Satan’s Fire
The Devil’s Hunt
v Matthew Bartholomew stories take place in the 1300’s
author: Susanna Gregory
An Unholy Alliance
A Bone of Contention
A Plague on Both Your Houses
v Brother William of Baskerville story takes place in 1327
author: Umberto Eco
The Name of the Rose
v Edmund Beche story takes place in 1344
author: P.C. Doherty
The Death of the King
v
Various Pilgrims going to Canterbury
author: P.C. Doherty
An Ancient Evil
A Tapestry of Murders
A Tournament of Murders
Ghostly Murders
v
Isaac of Girona
stories
begin in 1353
author: Caroline Roe
Remedy for Treason
Cure for a Charlatan
An Antidote for Avarvice
Solace for a Sinner
v
Owen Archer
stories
begin in 1363
author: Candace Robb
The Apothecary Rose
The Lady Chapel
The Nun’s Tale
The King’s Bishop
The Riddle of St. Leonard’s
A Gift of Sanctuary
A Trust Betrayed
v Brother Athelstan stories begin in 1377
author: Paul Harding
The Nightingale Gallery
Red Slayer
v Sister Frevisse stories begin in 1430
author: Margaret Frazer
The Novice’s Tale
The Servant’s Tale
The Outlaw’s Tale
The Bishop’s Tale
The Boy’s Tale
The Murderer’s Tale
The Prioress’ Tale
The Maiden’s Tale
The Reeve's Tale
The Squire's Tale
v Kathryn Swinbrooke stories begin in 1471
author: C.L. Grace
A Shrine of Murders
The Eye of God
The Merchant of Death
The Book of Shadows
v
Sigismondo
stories take place somewhere in the Italian
author: Elizabeth Eyre
Renaissance
Death of a Duchess
Curtains for the Cardinal
Poison for the Prince
Bravo for the Bride
Axe for the Abbot
Dirge for a Doge
v
Roger the Chapman
stories begin in 1471
author: Kate Sedley
Death and the Chapman
The Plymouth Cloak
The Weaver’s Tale
The Holy Innocents
The Eve of St. Hyacinth
The Wicked Winter
The Brothers of Glastonbury
v Father Felix Fabri story takes place in 1483
author: Sheri Holman
A Stolen Tongue
v
Niccolo & Leonardo da Vinci
stories begin in 1498
author: George Herman
A Comedy of Murders
The Tears of the Madonna
v
Berekiah Zarco
story takes place in 1506
author: Richard Zimler
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
v
Roger Shallot
stories begin in 1517
author: Michael Clynes
The White Rose Murders
The Poisoned Chalice
The Grail Murders
A Brood of Vipers
The Gallows Murder
v Princess Elizabeth story takes place in 1558
author: Karen Harper
The Poyson Garden
The Tidal Poole
v
Ursula Blanchard
stories begin in 1560
author: Fiona Buckley
To Shield the Queen
The Doublet Affair
Queens' Ransom
To Ruin a Queen
v
Lady Susanna Appleton
stories begin about 1560
author: Kathy Lynn Emerson
Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie
Face Down upon an Herbal
Face Down Among the Winchester Geese
Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross
Face Down Under the Wych Elm
v
Nicholas Segalla
a story takes place in 1567, another in 1558
author: Ann Dukthas
A Time for the Death of a King
In the Time of the Poisoned Queen
v Nicholas Bracewell stories begin in 1588
author: Edward Marston
The Queen’s Head
The Merry Devils
The Trip to Jerusalem
The Nine Giants
The Mad Courtesan
The Silent Woman
The Roaring Boy
The Laughing Hangman
The Fair Maid of Bohemia
Wanton Angel
v Sir Robert Carey stories begin in 1592
author: P.F. Chisholm
A Famine of Horses
A Season of Knives
A Surfeit of Guns
A Plague of Angels
v Will Shakespeare story takes place in 1593
author: Faye Kellerman
The Quality of Mercy
v Matthew Stock stories begin in 1595
author: Leonard Tourney
The Player’s Boy Is Dead
Low Treason
Familiar Spirits
The Bartholomew Fair Murders
Old Saxon Blood
Knaves Templar
Witness of Bones
Frobisher’s Savage
v Judge Dee
author: Robert van Guilk
The Chinese Bell Murders
The Chinese Maze Murders
The Chinese Lake Murders
The Chinese Gold Murders
The Chinese Nail Murders
The Emperor’s Pearl
The Haunted Monastery
The Lacquer Screen
The Red Pavilion
The Willow Pattern
The Monkey and The Tiger
The Phantom of the Temple
Murder in Canton
Necklace and Calabash
Poets and Murder
Judge Dee at Work
v Lady Aoi stories take place in the early 1000’s
author: Ann Woodward
The Exile Way
Of Death and Black Rivers
v Matsuyama Kaze story takes place in 1603
author: Dale Furutani
Death at the Crossroads
Jade Palace Vendetta
Kill the Shogun
v Yoriki Sano Ichiro stories start in 1689
author: Laura Joh Rowland
Shinju
Bundori
The Way of the Traitor
The Concubine's Tattoo
The Samurai's Wife
The Daughter of Time - author: Josephine Tey
The Murders of Richard III - author: Elizabeth Peters
To Prove A Villain - author: Guy M. Townsend
The Princes in the Tower - author: Alison Weir (nonfiction)
Murder at the War (later reprinted as Knightfall) - author: Mary Monica Pulver