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Superstition clouds the investigation into a dead body found outside a village church in this historical mystery from the author of Fallen Into the Pit. A news photographer is found dead at the threshold of the church of... See More
Literature & Fiction
In this mystery in the award-winning series featuring a twelfth-century Benedictine monk, Brother Cadfael must travel to the heart of a leper colony to root out the secret behind a savage murder. Setting out for the Saint... See More
Mystery
Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of his herbal ingredients is used to kill a man. Gervase Bonel is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
When Inspector Felse arrests a woman for the murder of a beer tycoon, his son sets out to prove her innocence in this Edgar Award-winning mystery. Is a vulgarity ground for murder? Alfred Armiger had antagonized many with... See More
Mystery
A recent murder in Wales leads Detective Inspector Felse to the mysterious disappearance of an architect and a case dating back to ancient Rome. When archaeologist Alan Morris disappears in Turkey, his great-niece... See More
When an antiques mogul is murdered in an English village, there are many suspects and very few tears, making it a difficult case for Superintendant Felse. The sleepy village of Middlehope is suddenly jerked into life by... See More
A detective investigates the disappearance of a beautiful Welsh teenager in this "deeply satisfying" mystery by the author of the Brother Cadfael series (Publishers Weekly). Annet Beck is hauntingly beautiful, which... See More
Mystery
An opera singer drops dead onstage in a pitch-perfect puzzler from the Edgar Award-winning author of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael. A plane crash kills the lead actor of the Leander Theatre's production of The... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
A monk must find a killer among a flood of religious pilgrims in this medieval mystery by the Edgar Award-winning author: "A series like no other" (TheSan Diego Union-Tribune). In the year of our Lord 1141, civil war over... See More
A car crash survivor is convinced she committed murder, and private eye Francis Killian joins forces with George and Bunty Felse to uncover her past. World-famous opera singer Maggie Tressider wakes up in a hospital after... See More
Mystery
Brother Cadfael discovers a murder amid the wreckage of Shrewsbury Castle in this mystery series featuring "a colorful and authentic medieval background" (Publishers Weekly). In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen... See More
Mystery
The medieval monk digs for clues when a body is unearthed by a plow: "His detecting talents are as dazzling as ever" (Publishers Weekly). When a newly plowed field recently given to the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and... See More
While on vacation in India, Dominic Felse investigates the violent deaths of two landowners Landlords are never popular, and there is little mourning when the greedy, ruthless Mahendralal Bakhle is blown up on his boat on... See More
Mystery
The "irresistible" and "compelling" first novel in the historical mystery series featuring a Welsh Benedictine monk in the twelfth century (The Washington Post). A Welsh Benedictine monk living at Shrewsbury Abbey in... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Brother Cadfael must intervene when a prisoner exchange is interrupted by love and murder, in the Silver Dagger Award-winning medieval mystery series. In February of 1141, men march home from war to Shrewsbury, but the... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
The sleuthing monk unravels a thorny case of murder in this "accomplished whodunit meticulously wrought with a wealth of medieval detail" (Booklist). A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and... See More
Mystery
Charges of heresy and murder are complicated by the contents of a mysterious treasure chest In the summer of 1143, William of Lythwood arrives at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, but it is not a joyous... See More
Mystery
From the Edgar Award-winning author: When a troubled novice is blamed for a priest's disappearance, Brother Cadfael seeks to save his soul -- and his life. Outside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, in... See More
Mystery
The twelfth-century Welsh monk is caught up in civil war and captured by Danish mercenaries, in the Silver Dagger Award-winning medieval mystery series. In the summer of 1144, a strange calm has settled over England. The... See More
Mystery
In the twelfth century, merchants gather at a summertime fair -- but when one of them is found dead in a river, a crime-solving monk must step in. St. Peter's Fair is a grand, festive event, attracting merchants from... See More
Mystery
Strangers seek refuge at the abbey as floodwaters rise, a body falls, and a relic vanishes -- in this "top drawer" mystery featuring the twelfth-century monk (Chicago Sun-Times) In the chill, rainy autumn of 1144, two... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
In this "enchanting" historical mystery, "medieval England comes marvelously alive" as Brother Cadfael investigates a woman's baffling disappearance (The Washington Post). In the year of our Lord 1141, August comes in... See More
Mystery
To save his estranged son, a monk risks breaking his vows in this "moving and suspenseful" entry in the Silver Dagger Award-winning medieval mystery series (Booklist). For Brother Cadfael in the autumn of his life, the... See More
Mystery
A despised priest is drowned in a pond in this medieval mystery filled with "lively period detail" (Kirkus Reviews). In a mild December in the year of our Lord 1141, a new priest comes to the parishioners of the Foregate... See More
Crime Fiction
The grave of a Cornish poet reveals a centuries-old mystery and leads Detective Inspector Felse on a dangerous trail of secrets and crime. While on a seaside vacation in Cornwall with his son, Dominic, Detective Inspector... See More
Mystery
When two attendees go missing from a folk music festival at a remote Gothic mansion, Inspector Felse arrives to solve the mystery -- and protect his son. Singers and musicians are gathered for a weekend course in folk... See More
Ignored on her birthday by her husband and son, Bunty Felse takes herself out to celebrate -- and finds herself in mortal danger. On the eve of her forty-first birthday, Bunty Felse is overcome with depression. The weather... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Dominic Felse and his girlfriend escort a young girl through India and investigate a murder in this mystery from the bestselling author of Fallen Into the Pit. When his girlfriend's beautiful but erratic film-star mother... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Sixteen unforgettable stories from a "beguiling writer" and the Edgar Award-winning author of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael (The Daily Telegraph). Expanding her horizons far beyond the boundaries of crime fiction... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
A famous composer's post-WWII homecoming is marred by death threats in a gripping tale of suspense from the Edgar Award-winning creator of Brother Cadfael. Three decades ago, a teenaged Lucas Cornith joined the Austrian... See More