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  Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries: Book 4

  The Bishop's Tale

  by Margaret Frazer

  Attending a funeral dinner at Ewelme Manor, Sister Frevisse and Bishop Beaufort are amazed when querulous Sir Clement Sharpe brazenly challenges God to strike him down and promptly falls down dead.
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  Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries: Book 17

  The Apostate's Tale

  by Margaret Frazer

  As the nuns of St. Frideswide's priory prepare for the welcome end of Lent, their peaceful expectations are overset by the sudden return of long- vanished Sister Cecely. Nine years ago she fled from the nunnery with a man. Now her lover is dead and she has come back, bringing her illegitimate son with her. She claims she is penitent, that she wants only to redeem her sin and find safe haven for the child.... (more)
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  Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries: Book 15

  The Sempster's Tale

  by Margaret Frazer

  Dame Frevisse is in London to recover gold from the coffers of the murdered Duke of Suffolk and give it to her cousin. Frevisse's co-conspirators in this secrecy are seamstress Anne Blakehall and her lover, a Jewish trader smuggling the gold through Anne's shop. But their mission is jeopardized when a crucified body is discovered, supposedly scarred with Hebrew letters, stirring up anti-Semitic sentiment in the... (more)
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  Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries: Book 10

  The Squire's Tale

  by Margaret Frazer

  Drawn from her nunnery's contemplative quiet by the domestic turmoil of a noble family, Dame Frevisse must see that justice is done when honest love and dishonest lust spawn murder. "Meticulous detail that speaks of trustworthy scholarship and a sympathetic imagination." ( New York Times ) "As exquisitely woven as a medieval tapestry...Frazer's research is dazzling." ( Cleveland Plain Dealer )
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  Joliffe: Book 1

  A Play of Isaac

  by Margaret Frazer

  When his band of traveling players are taken in by a patron, Joliffe and company find that murder has taken their place in the spotlight--and it's up to them to catch a killer in the act.
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  Matthew Bartholomew: Book 14

  The Devil's Disciples

  by Susanna Gregory

  Rumors of plague threaten Cambridge again, 10 years after the Black Death almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had defended people from the disease so now they turn elsewhere for protection, to pagan ritual and magical potions. It is a ripe atmosphere to be exploited by the mysterious Sorcerer, an anonymous magician whose increasing influence seems certain to oust both civil and church... (more)
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  Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries: Book 11

  The Clerk's Tale

  by Margaret Frazer

  St. Mary's nunnery is a place of prayer and healing for women-so it is surprising to see a man sprawled out in the cloister garden. Dead. The victim was not especially well-liked-even by his wife and clerk. Now, Dame Frevisse must step in and solve the killing. But her real challenge is to put aside her feelings and serve justice for the murder of an unjust man.
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  Chronicles of Isaac of Girona: Book 7

  A Poultice for a Healer (Chronicles of Issac of Girona)

  by Caroline Roe

  Isaac of Girona's daughter postpones her wedding after he's summoned to aid the Bishop during his time of illness. But he must also put his detective skills to use when a stranger arrives at the palace with an urgent message for the Bishop, and dies before he can deliver it...
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  The Maiden's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries (Paperback))

  by Margaret Frazer

  A visit at the home of Sister Frevisse's cousin Lady Alice becomes dangerous--for this home houses a secret that has turned deadly. Alice is involved in dangerous political machinations with the duc of Orleans and King Henry VI. Private correspondence has been routed through the Suffolks' home, but now the messenger has been brutally slain. Can Sister Frevisse find the traitor and murderer before he strikes... (more)
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  Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries: Book 16

  The Traitor's Tale

  by Margaret Frazer

  Dame Frevisse of St. Frideswide's nunnery is in London to assist her cousin Alice, the widowed Duchess of Suffolk, in burying her husband-but the late Duke was so hated that even being in the presence of his corpse is unsafe. Wandering player Simon Joliffe is also in London, on a mission with vital information for the exiled Duke of York: a list naming the English noblemen who purportedly betrayed their King... (more)
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  Matthew Bartholomew: Book 9

  A Killer in Winter

  by Susanna Gregory

  Christmas approaches in 1354 and the town is gripped by the worst blizzards in living memory. The weather has trapped many travellers in the town, including Matthew's erstwhile love, Philippa, and her wealthy husband. In some ways he is relieved to accept Brother Michael's orders to identify a man found dead in a nearby church. However, it soon comes to light that the man was Philippa's husband's servant, and soon... (more)
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  Joliffe: Book 3

  A Play of Knaves

  by Margaret Frazer

  In the pages of Margaret Frazer's national bestselling Dame Frevisse series, the player Joliffe has assumed many roles on stage, to the delight of those he entertains. Now, in the company of a troupe of traveling performers, he finds himself cast in the role of sleuth...In the spring of 1435, Joliffe and his fellow players are sent to the village of Ashewell not only to stage plays, but to uncover some dark... (more)
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  Brother Cadfael: Book 8

  The Devil's Novice

  by Ellis Peters

  The eighth novel in the author's hugely popular Brother Cadfael series puts the medieval monk on the trail of a priest-killer responsible for the disappearance of a priestly emissary for King Stephen. Reprint. K.
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  Owen Archer: Book 8

  The Cross-Legged Knight

  by Candace Robb

  Owen Archer has little taste for feuds between powerful men now that his wife, Lucie, has lost the child she carried and seems to lose her will to live as well. Yet Owen cannot ignore the recent arrival of William of Wykeham, bishop of Winchester. For one thing, the bishop believes someone is trying to kill him, and Owen is given the job of keeping him safe. Wykeham has good reason to worry. The family of a... (more)
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  Matthew Bartholomew: Book 5

  A Wicked Deed

  by Susanna Gregory

  Spring, 1353. Matthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is traveling with a party from the college to accept the gift of a parish church in Suffolk. But when the benefactor begins to unduly rush the deed to legalize the transfer, Bartholomew senses that Suffolk is not the tranquil retreat that he had been led to believe. And when Michaelhouse’s student priest is found murdered... (more)
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  Matthew Bartholomew: Book 8

  A Summer of Discontent

  by Susanna Gregory

  Cambridgeshire, 1354, and the Bishop of Ely has been accused of a most terrible murder. Glovere was steward to Lady Blanche de Wake, a close relative of the King. A malicious gossip, his body was discovered days after the Bishop had publicly threatened him. Protesting his innocence, the Bishop summons Cambridge proctor Brother Michael to help clear his name. When Michael and his friend, Matthew Bartholomew,... (more)
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  Matthew Bartholomew: Book 7

  An Order for Death

  by Susanna Gregory

  Believers in the theory of nominalism have set some Cambridge colleges at the throats of those who believe them to be heretics, and Brother Michael, the Senior Proctor, is struggling to keep the peace. When a nominalist is murdered during a riot, Michael is certain he will find the killer among the Dominicans—but before he can act, his junior proctor, Walcote, is found hanged. Meanwhile, Matthew Bartholomew... (more)
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  Matthew Bartholomew: Book 6

  A Masterly Murder

  by Susanna Gregory

  Cambridge, 1353. It is a gloomy November day, and a corpse is just the beginning of the intrigue. Matthew Bartholomew recognizes the deceased as the book–bearer of Michaelhouse Fellow John Runham. The death looks like suicide, but before Bartholomew can confirm it, there is a second tragedy. Meanwhile, at Michaelhouse itself, the Master announces his retirement, to everyone’s surprise—everyone, that is, except the... (more)
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  Matthew Bartholomew: Book 3

  A Bone of Contention

  by Susanna Gregory

  1352. The terrible legacy of the Black Death still haunts the town of Cambridge. Fears of future outbreaks drive people to seek protection in holy relics, while the University is the scene of violent clashes between students and townsfolk. With rumors spreading about the discovery of a skeleton reputed to belong to a local martyr, a young student’s brutal murder plunges the town into chaos. Matthew Bartholomew,... (more)
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  Matthew Bartholomew: Book 2

  An Unholy Alliance

  by Susanna Gregory

  Two years after the Black Death has decimated the population of England, a new killer is stalking the streets of Cambridge: a serial murderer preying on the women of the small town. Matthew Bartholomew, a physician with ideas ahead of his time, and his companion, the portly monk Brother Michael, must uncover the identity of the killer before he strikes again. Martin's Press.