Medieval Mystery Fiction

How far would you go to keep a deathbed promise? Surrounded by the bodies of slain monarchs, a dying prince extracts a promise from his friend, Horatio: “Tell my story”. Rival kings of warring nations strive to lay claim to the throne, now vacant, but what will happen to the people who live there, at Helsingør’s Krogen Castle? How will Horatio preserve his honor and the prince’s legacy while surviving this murderous kingdom and the men who would rule it? This historical adventure story tells the fictional tale of how Horatio’s oath gave birth to the legend of Hamlet.

After the birth of the Red Sulphur Twins, the forces of the Subtle Realm conjure a whirlwind of destruction. The Sun King and Prince William of Orange battle over the future of Europe shaping the fate of modernity. In their laboratory our family of alchemists closes in on the ultimate source of the magical red sulphur while struggling with unbearable jealousies.

Paris, 1399. Scribe Christine de Pizan is sent to the Priory of Poissy by the palace to copy a manuscript for the prioress. But the prioress already has many copyists at the priory, and Christine senses that something is amiss. Her suspicions are confirmed when the prioress reveals that one of the sisters has been found murdered in the cloister.

Get the next two compelling books in the series. Richard and Jack are set on a mission to sell a stolen arms shipment to the Knight's of St John - how badly wrong could it go? Follow their adventures through Europe and the Malta to the Island fortress of the Knights. The backdrop to their own struggle is the political tension in England. Mary I, convinced God has given her the task of returning England to the true faith sends the Protestant reformers a stark and violent message.

Something deadly is lurking in the swampy marshes of Moody Bog. For Kylie Strange, it just means more deaths she's responsible for since she's the one who accidentally unleashed a Pandora's box of horrors. She opened the Booke of the Hidden, and now she must do everything she can to close it for good, taking on every monster it releases with the help of the local coven. This time, the Booke has unleashed not one but two demons on the village. With her attention divided, Kylie and her coven of Wiccans are open to attack. But those aren't the only demons on Kylie's mind.

England's most ruthless Queen. Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, is a determined woman who plots and schemes an astonishing path between two equally powerful men in 12th-century Europe, a woman who can manoeuvre and manipulate to safeguard her own lands as effectively as any power-grasping lord. Eleanor is single-minded in her struggle to keep her inheritance intact, leading her to reject one husband and take another who will fulfil her desires.

The power of Helena's magic has made her a target for the Coven. She wanted no part in the war of the witches, but it's out of her hands now. She has to make a stand - and she does that by helping the Hunters and their allies against their common enemy. And now, the witch who ripped Helena's future apart is coming. Sybbyl's vengeance is swift and terrible, pitting the two against each other. But Helena doesn't have to fight the Coven alone. A seductive warlock offers his aid. Helena is hesitant to give her trust to him - because it's more than her life on the line.

Abandoned as a child and raised by the Church, young Sebastian works tirelessly in his pursuit of priesthood. But when a shadowy hooded figure serves him with a summons, his careful plans face a turning point. It appears his name has drawn the attention of the Inquisition and his attendance is commanded at once - for retribution, information, or something else, he does not know.

As a child, Gruoch’s grandmother prophecies that she will one day be Queen of Alba and reclaim the lands of her Pictish kin. When, many years later, she is betrothed to Duncan, the heir-elect, the prophecy appears to come true. Determined to never to be as powerless as her parents, Gruoch leaves behind her home, her family and her friend MacBethad, and travels to the royal seat at Scone to seal her fate.

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE KINGDOM OF DURUNDAL SERIES - THE GRIPPING WOLF IN THE DARK. The prophecy is being fulfilled, yet the Dark Lord and his disciples continue to grow in strength and numbers. IN THE KINGDOM OF DURUNDAL, HEARTS WILL BE BROKEN, LOVED ONES LOST AND THRONES BURNED. Lyall has lived and breathed nightmares since he was fourteen-years-old. He believed he knew every horror and was beyond surprise. HE WAS WRONG! When General Domitrius Corbulo launches a brutal attack on Castle Dru in Durundal, he slaughters everyone inside. EXCEPT ONE! Though two years after finding salvation in ...

There's harrowing tension in being Asayi. But join Asayi's circle to oppose a punitive regime. Court intrigues swirl, underbelly characters from different levels of society emerge, deceptions reign, yet truth emerges at the end. Layers of nuance unfold: the vulnerability of an autistic young woman in a merciless time period; political unrest, physical survival, secret identities, and finding ones tribe and love while facing injustices and revolts that are just as real as todays inequities and discontents.

Die Reliquienhändlerin Marysa steht kurz vor der ersehnten Hochzeit. Doch ihre Unruhe ist groß - der Zukünftige kehrt nicht von seiner Reise zurück. Wie lange kann sie geheim halten, dass sie sich in anderen Umständen befindet? Auch endet bald die von der Zunft auferlegte Frist für ihre Neuvermählung, um weiterhin als Meisterin arbeiten zu dürfen. Als wäre das nicht Unglück genug, ist plötzlich Marysas guter Ruf in Gefahr: Das Silber, das ihr zur Fertigung von Pilgerzeichen übergeben wurde, entpuppt sich als versilbertes Messing. Marysa steht plötzlich als Betrügerin da.

1413. Ganz Aachen ist in Aufruhr: Am Todestag Karls des Großen soll die neue Chorhalle des Doms eingeweiht werden. Doch eine Serie mysteriöser Morde und Unfälle überschattet die Vorbereitungen zu dem Ereignis. Ausgerechnet der angesehene Goldschmied Bardolf Goldschläger gerät in Verdacht. Seine Stieftochter, die Reliquienhändlerin Marysa, nimmt die Spur des Täters auf. Dabei kommt sie einer Verschwörung auf die Schliche, die bis in die allerhöchsten Kreise reicht. Dort ist man nicht gewillt, sich die ehrgeizigen Pläne durchkreuzen zu lassen: Marysa gerät in Lebensgefahr.

Aachen, anno 1412: Der Geselle Klas liegt erschlagen im Dom. Verdächtigt wird sein Meister, der Reliquienhändler Reinold Markwardt. Dessen Frau Marysa glaubt an eine Verschwörung. Unterstützt von dem Mönch Christophorus stößt sie bei ihren Nachforschungen auf einen Handel mit gefälschten Reliquien. Doch ihre Feinde sind mächtig: Marysa wird der Ketzerei angeklagt und soll auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrannt werden. Und die Zeit arbeitet gegen Christophorus... Die Mittelalter-Krimireihe von Petra Schier.

Prague, 1588 The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundaries of human knowledge and his court is a haven for scientists, astrologers and alchemists. His abiding passion is the elusive hunt for the philosopher’s stone and thus immortality. The Catholic Church fears he has pushed too far – into the forbidden realm of heresy – while the greatest powers in Christendom are concerned about the imperial line of succession.

It is December in the Year of our Lord 1138 when Gervase Bonel dies after eating sauce laced with poison served which had been served with a partridge. The active ingredient found in the sauce was monkshood, poison if ingested and otherwise known as Wolfsbane. Brother Cadfael made the oil. Who used it as poison? Cadfael assesses the motives of Bonel’s Welsh natural son and his stepson, and deals with Bonel’s widow, who at one time long ago was Cadfae's sweetheart. Drawing upon his knowledge of both herbs and the human heart, Cadfael ultimately uncovers a deadly recipe for murder.

After getting Master Mercurius jailed and nearly put to death with one of his schemes, the Stadhouder, William of Orange, has finally left Mercurius in peace. But Mercurius is not able to remain in Leiden for long. A friendly debate on the sin of witchcraft has been proposed between the University of Leiden and the University of Leuven. And the scholars are to meet part-way in the city of Maastricht.

A plowman who fails to prevent a murder. A corpse stolen while a priest prays over it. A clever killer who must be caught in three days. Cathar country, (now southern France), late autumn in the year 1200. The alchemist sends Bertwoin to work in the château’s kitchen to prevent the murder of the visconte’s son. Bertwoin fails. And before the alchemist can examine the corpse for clues, the killer commits the impossible crime of stealing the body while a priest keeps vigil over it.

The Dutch Stadhouder, William of Orange, has summoned Master Mercurius—and that is never good news. Mercurius has gained a reputation for himself with William for successfully undertaking diplomatic missions. And William is now paranoid that his own subjects—and the English exiles living in the Netherlands—are plotting against him. Mercurius is sent to gather information, but he soon finds himself caught up in another mystery. Three Jewish boys have vanished, and the local magistrates are doing nothing to investigate their disappearances.

The year is 1242. Dominican inquisitors are traveling in France, persecuting and torturing suspected heretics. But then someone starts killing the Inquisitors . . . and whoever it is must be stopped before the fanatical Dominicans wreak their brutal revenge, provoking the people to rise in revolt against the French Crown for allowing the bloodshed. So the Crown sends Balian of Mallorca, a notorious alchemist/physician/polyglot who many believe to be a sorcerer, to Languedoc to solve the perplexing mystery.