Medieval Mystery Fiction

München anno 1320: ein Priester wird tot aufgefunden. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass er seinem Schöpfer durch Gewalteinwirkung gegenübergetreten ist. Eine junge Frau wird verdächtigt dahinter zu stehen, jedoch tun sich bei dieser Annahme gleich mehrere Ungereimtheiten auf. Warum scheint der Henker und sein Geschäft mit den Huren der Stadt etwas mit dem Mord zu tun zu haben? Hatte der sittenstrenge Priester Feinde? Die Freunde Peter und Paul beschließen die Sache auf eigene Faust zu untersuchen und kommen dabei einer dunklen Verschwörung auf die Spur.

Le 21 mai 1420, la reine de France signait un traité par lequel le roi Charles VI reconnaissait son gendre Henri V d'Angleterre héritier de la couronne de France. Un an plus tard, l'eau d'une fontaine voisine de la porte Saint-Honoré devint rouge et le peuple resta convaincu qu'il s'agissait du signe précurseur de quelque désastre.

Sulle tracce di un manoscritto antichissimo, un mercante di reliquie attraversa Italia, Francia e Spagna nel Duecento...

Bishop’s Lynn, England, 1413. At the age of forty, Margery Kempe has nearly died giving birth to her fourteenth child. Fearing that another pregnancy might kill her, she makes a vow of celibacy, but she can’t trust her husband to keep his end of the bargain. Desperate for counsel, she visits the famous anchoress Dame Julian of Norwich. Pouring out her heart, Margery confesses that she has been haunted by visceral religious visions. Julian then offers up a confession of her own: she has written a secret, radical book about her own visions, Revelations of Divine Love.

England, 1120. When Henry I dies with no legitimate male heir, the nation is thrown into chaos. The two rivals for the crown are Henry's daughter Matilda and his nephew Stephen of Blois, both of whom are determined to emerge victorious. A bitter struggle ensues which threatens to reduce England to a barren wasteland and many ordinary people find themselves torn apart from each other in the confusion of deciding which side to fight for.

A hidden hoard of Saxon gold. A poisoned priest. A monk skinned alive in Westminster Abbey. Only one thing is certain: whoever comes into possession of the cursed book meets a gruesome and untimely end.

A beautiful weaver, the discerning son of the notorious William Tell and a fugitive Templar knight meet in this tale of allegiance, mystery, romance, and perhaps a little medieval magic, set in the magnificent but menacing Alps in the 14th century.

Richard and Jack finally return from Europe to a troubled England. Will they manage to complete the task they have been set, and release Lizbet and the rest of the men from their Island jail? Will they beat Andrew Kineer back to England, or will he arrive before them and succeed in striking his own deal with the Knights of St John? Mary is still on the throne, although her state of health is of increasing concern to those around her. Philip, armed with much of England's wealth has left her to continue with the war against France.

Richard has lost everything to Andrew Kineer, even his identity. Whether he will be able to reclaim it remains to be seen. 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.

It is the Summer and Autumn of the Year of Our Lord 1143 in which the gentle monk, Brother Cadfael, is forced to leave the tranquility of his herb garden to find the whole truth behind the murder of a young women whose body was unexpectedly discovered in a newly tilled field recently acquired by the Shrewsbury Abbey in a land exchange.

Dopo anni di lotte e di vittorie, Giulio Cesare ha conquistato la Gallia. A Roma, tuttavia, gli avversari del grande condottiero, temendo il suo crescente potere, vogliono metterlo sotto processo, e persino il suo principale collaboratore e amico, Tito Labieno, lo ha abbandonato. Eppure, proprio quando sembra che l'unica scelta possibile sia rinunciare alle proprie ambizioni, Cesare getta il dado e sorprende tutti: varca il Rubicone con la sola XIII legione e muove verso Roma.

Anno Domini 1483, Firenze. La città del Magnifico, Lorenzo de' Medici, è scossa da una serie di delitti raccapriccianti, che gettano un'ombra oscura sulla vita dei suoi ignari abitanti. Un predatore spietato caccia bambini innocenti, lasciando nelle loro bocche le carte degli Arcani Maggiori. Anche un prete viene brutalmente assassinato: sul suo corpo viene trovato un messaggio criptico che solo la mente più brillante di Firenze può decifrare.

Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts. Im Hunsrück herrscht das Geschlecht der Grafen von Sponheim. Kriege und Auseinandersetzungen mit dem mächtigen Kurfürsten von Trier und umherstreifenden Räuberhorden sind keine Seltenheit. Abraham Nagel, der Scharfrichter von Birkenfeld, stirbt bei einer Hinrichtung unter mysteriösen Umständen. Sein halbwüchsiger Sohn Rudolf wird noch in der gleichen Nacht an einen anderen Ort, nach Kastellaun, gebracht. Zwölf Jahre später kehrt Rudolf in seine Heimatstadt zurück, um den Tod seines Vaters aufzuklären.

When Martin Kemp joins the English army in order to avoid the hangman, he may just be delaying the inevitable. While he remains hopeful that at least there's the chance for some heroics, the reality is very different. Kemp's war is instead a terrifying odyssey through the panic and confusion of his first battle, the brutal realities of siege warfare, and eventually to the field of Crécy, where he faces the armoured might of the French nobility. But as an elite longbowman, when it comes to winning or losing, he could have a vital - though dangerous - part to play.

It is the juiciest piece of gossip the citizens of Norwich have heard for a long time. The ruthless Richard de Fontenel is himself the victim of robbery. In addition to two priceless golden elephants that he was using to lure the beautiful lady Adelaide into marriage, his steward Hermer is also missing. Onto the scene arrive soldier Ralph Delchard and lawyer Gervase Bret who are meant to adjudicate on a land dispute, but they also become involved in the hunt for the thief. But is Hermer the steward really missing or has something altogether more sinister happened?

Krimispannung aus dem frühen Mittelalter: lebendig, facettenreich und bilderstark. Spätsommer 1151. Hildegard von Bingen reist ins Kloster Disibodenberg, um den Verhandlungen über die Thronfolge beizuwohnen. Begleitet wird sie von Elisabeth, einer jungen, gewitzten Novizin. Doch kurz nach ihrer Ankunft geschieht ein Mord. Ein Giftanschlag, ist sich Hildegard sicher. Sie versucht, mit ihren medizinischen Kenntnissen dem Täter auf die Spur zu kommen – bis sie selbst unter Mordverdacht gerät.

Edward Courtenay, the last Plantagenet, has a claim to the throne of England that he must never be allowed to make. Courtenay has already tried to bolster his right to rule by backing Wyatt's failed uprising, and then by trying to wed the Princess Elizabeth, embroiling her in his treasonous plots. Richard, his conscience torn by what he must do, returns to Italy to find Courtenay. Once he completes his task he intends to hand himself to the Order and secure the release of Lizbet and the rest of his men.

The Fitzwarren brothers are back in town! Well actually, not exactly back in town, but they are heading toward Venice, where they plan to sell a stolen arms shipment to the highest bidder. How badly wrong could it go?

Sword of Shame is the second collaboration by five of the UK's finest historical mystery writers. Each brings their own characters to these interlinked tales, which tell the story of a cursed Norman sword. From its first arrival in Britain, with the Norman forces of William the Conqueror, violence and revenge are the cursed sword's constant companions.

In 1066, 16-year-old Saxon Cerdic lives with his elder brother, Unferth, and his father, Rothgar, Earl of Ripon, in Swaledale. As the younger brother, he studies for the priesthood while Unferth trains to take on the mantle of earl one day. When news arrives that the King of Norway, Harald Hardraada, is invading northern England with the treacherous Tostig Godwinson, Earl Rothgar joins the northern nobles to repel them.