Best Medieval Mystery Novels - April 2024

First Lessons: A Strong Woman in the Middle Ages (A Medieval Tale Book 1)

Enjoy the complete historical romance and time travel series by a bestselling Amazon author right now!Aliya is a medical school graduate gifted with both smarts and an athletic body. Her life seems perfect…until she finds herself in a fatal car accident. Instead of dying, however, she wakes up in a completely different body in the middle of a half-ruined castle during alternate medieval times. Confused and dismayed, Aliya realizes she was given a second chance in life — so she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work on restoring the castle and her new life.Aliya’s situation is confusing an... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079318YMX
• ASIN: B079318YMX
• Manufacturer: LitHunters Ltd.

The Watchmaker's Daughter (Glass and Steele Book 1)

USA Today bestselling series.India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept her - an enigmatic and mysterious man from America. A man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he's ill.Matthew Glass must find a particular watchmaker, but he won't tell India why any old one won't do. Nor will he tell her what he ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01DK93WKW
• ASIN: B01DK93WKW
• Manufacturer: C.J. Archer

The Name of the Rose

• ASIN: B003WUYPTC
• ASIN: B003WUYPTC
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The King's Justice (A Stanton and Barling Mystery Book 1)

A murder that defies logic—and a killer on the loose.England, 1176. Aelred Barling, esteemed clerk to the justices of King Henry II, is dispatched from the royal court with his young assistant, Hugo Stanton, to investigate a brutal murder in a village outside York.The case appears straightforward. A suspect is under lock and key in the local prison, and the angry villagers are demanding swift justice. But when more bodies are discovered, certainty turns to doubt—and amid the chaos it becomes clear that nobody is above suspicion.Facing growing unrest in the village and the fury of the lord ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B075CMDH17
• ASIN: B075CMDH17
• Manufacturer: Thomas & Mercer

Candle Flame: A novel of Mediaeval London featuring Brother Athelstan (A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery Book 13)

An intriguing medieval mystery featuring Brother AthelstanFebruary, 1381. London lies frozen in the grip of one of the bitterest winters on record. The ever-rising taxes demanded by the Regent, John of Gaunt, are causing increasing resentment among the city’s poor. When the seething unrest boils over into a bloody massacre at a splendid Southwark tavern, The Candle Flame, in which nine people, including Gaunt’s tax collectors, their military escort and the prostitutes entertaining them, are brutally murdered, the furious Regent orders Brother Athelstan to get to the bottom of the matter.... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00KM2BMCG
• ASIN: B00KM2BMCG
• Manufacturer: Severn House Publishers

A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Book 21)

“Three classic stories featuring Brother Cadfael . . . whose powers of deduction are practically miraculous” in the Silver Dagger–winning medieval mystery series (Booklist). “Brother Cadfael sprang to life suddenly and unexpectedly when he was already approaching sixty, mature, experienced, fully armed and seventeen years tonsured.” So writes Ellis Peters in her introduction to A Rare Benedictine—three vintage tales of intrigue and treachery featuring the monastic sleuth who has become the best-loved ecclesiastical detective since Father Brown.   Although Cadfael has appeared in... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00LUZNZIS
• ASIN: B00LUZNZIS
• Manufacturer: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road

Shadow on the Crown: A Novel (Emma of Normandy Trilogy Book 1)

A rich tale of power and forbidden love revolving around a young medieval queenIn 1002, fifteen­-year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King Athelred of England, whom she meets for the first time at the church door. Thrust into an unfamiliar and treacherous court, with a husband who mistrusts her, stepsons who resent her and a bewitching rival who covets her crown, Emma must defend herself against her enemies and secure her status as queen by bearing a son.Determined to outmaneuver her adversaries, Emma forges alliances with influential men at court and wins th... [Read More]

• ASIN: B008EKORX4
• ASIN: B008EKORX4
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle Book 1)

• ASIN: B0010SKUYM
• ASIN: B0010SKUYM
• Manufacturer: DAW

A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge Book 3)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Absorbing . . . impossible to resist.” —The Washington PostAs Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent new epic, A Column of Fire. A thrilling read that makes the perfect gift for the holidays.  In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty a... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01N1U8IB3
• ASIN: B01N1U8IB3
• Brand: Viking
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Miss Mabel's School for Girls (The Network Series Book 1)

*Winner of IAN 2015's Outstanding Fantasy Book*Never underestimate the power of a determined witch.Letum Wood is a forest of fog and deadfall, home to the quietly famous Miss Mabel’s School for Girls, a place where young witches learn the art of magic.Sixteen-year-old Bianca Monroe has inherited a deadly curse.Determined to break free before it kills her, she enrolls in the respected school to confront the cunning witch who cast the curse: Miss Mabel.Bianca finds herself faced with dark magic she didn’t expect, with lessons more dangerous than she could have ever imagined. Will Bianca have... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00J6AF12C
• ASIN: B00J6AF12C
• Manufacturer: Antebellum Publishing

The Pawn

"Wickedly brilliant, dark and addictive!" - Jodi Ellen Malpas, #1 New York Times bestselling authorThe price of survival...Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl's college to take care of the only family I have left.There's one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value.My virginity.A forbidden auction...Gabriel appears at every turn. He seems to take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he's the only kindness in a brutal underworld.Except... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MCV02X1
• ASIN: B01MCV02X1

The Thief's Daughter (Kingfountain Book 2)

A Wall Street Journal bestseller.The second book in the million-copy bestselling Kingfountain series from Jeff Wheeler.Owen Kiskaddon first came to the court of the formidable King Severn as a prisoner, winning favor with the stormy monarch by masquerading as a boy truly blessed by the Fountain. Nine years hence, the once-fearful Owen has grown into a confident young man, mentored in battle and politics by Duke Horwath and deeply in love with his childhood friend, the duke’s granddaughter. But the blissful future Owen and Elysabeth Mortimer anticipate seems doomed by the king’s machination... [Read More]

• ASIN: B017RBIZEC
• ASIN: B017RBIZEC
• Manufacturer: 47North

The Pillars of the Earth: A Novel (Kingsbridge Book 1)

• ASIN: B003TO5GXU
• ASIN: B003TO5GXU
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

World Without End: A Novel (Kingsbridge Book 2)

• ASIN: B000W93CHC
• ASIN: B000W93CHC
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Marti Talbott's Highlander Series 1 (Anna, Rachel & Charlet)

ANNA -- In love with a woman he had only seen once and could not find, the Highlander, Kevin MacGreagor was growing older and needed a wife to give him sons. No other woman pleased him, not even the daughters of other lairds, so he finally settled for Anna sight unseen. But when his men went to meet her guard, she was all alone and badly beaten. Who could have done such a thing and why? RACHEL -- had a dark secret and even she didn't know what it was. She was seventeen, determined to become as good a warrior as any Highlander, and was firmly against taking a husband. Connor had other ideas. He... [Read More]

• ASIN: B003XF1E36
• ASIN: B003XF1E36

A Most Novel Revenge : An Amory Ames Mystery

"With two murder investigations behind them and their marriage at last on steady ground, Amory and Milo Ames intend to winter quietly in Italy. The couple find their plans derailed, however, when Amory receives an

• UPC: 56021966
• Rating: 4.0

Melissa Craig Mystery: Murder on the Clifftops: An Utterly Addictive Cozy Mystery Novel (Paperback)

French cheese, fine wine and... a mystifying murder? A delightful afternoon stroll turns to disaster when the guests of an artists' retreat in the French mountains spot the body of a man at the bottom

• UPC: 533493906
• Rating: 3.0

The Best American Mystery Stories 2018

An anthology of the best mystery short stories published in 2017 selected by best-selling author Louise

• UPC: 661769729

The Book of Fires : A Medieval Mystery

John of Gaunt orders Brother Athelstan to track down a ruthless killer known as the Fire Bringer, who seems to be targeted the people involved in the recent murder trial of Lady Isolda

• UPC: 45963847
• Rating: 5.0

Forsaken Soul : A Medieval Mystery

It's the summer of 1273. Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal Priory is sad for her newly widowed friend. He now has to cope with an infant all on his own. Then there is the trouble that

• UPC: 10764999
• Rating: 2.0

DK Eyewitness Books: Castle : Discover the Mysteries of the Medieval Castle and See What Life Was Like for Tho

"Discover the mysteries of the medieval castle and what life was like for those living

• UPC: 8248695
• Rating: 3.0

A Pilgrimage of Murder : A Medieval Mystery Set in 14th Century London

1381. The Great Revolt was crushed; the king's peace enforced. Brother Athelstan prepares for a pilgrimage, but he is summoned to the scene of a triple murder. One victim was John of Gaunt. Was this

• UPC: 175734366
• Rating: 5.0

Rashi's Daughters, Book III: Rachel : A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France

Following "Joheved" and "Miriam, Rachel," the dramatic final book in this epic historical trilogy chronicles the lives and times of the three daughters of the great Talmud scholar

• UPC: 10998827
• Rating: 4.667

The Walt Longmire Mystery Series Boxed Set Volumes 1-4 : The First Four Novels

The perfect gift for Longmire fans: a boxed set of the first four mysteries in the New York Times bestselling Longmire Mystery series With the hit television series Longmire capturing millions of viewers and Craig

• UPC: 21671321
• Rating: 4.0

The Pope Who Quit : A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation

Sweeney chronicles the true story of Peter Morrone, a hermit who in the Middle Ages found himself the most powerful man in the Catholic Church--and who would be the only pope in history to

• UPC: 16897251
• Rating: 4.0