10 best-selling medieval books like The Monastery Murders (Stanton & Barling, #2) by E.M. Powell

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The Monastery Murders (Stanton & Barling, #2)

By: E.M. Powell

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Their lives are ones of quiet contemplation—and brutal murder. Christmas Eve, 1176. Brother Maur…

If you liked the medieval plot in The Monastery Murders (Stanton & Barling, #2) by E.M. Powell , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Photograph

By: Penelope Lively

3.38

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

Booker Prize-winning novelist Penelope Lively's latest novel opens with a snapshot: Kath, before he… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
"My understanding of the past has been savagely undermined."

-Penelope Lively, The Photograph

"A stone has been cast into the reliable immutable pond of the past, and as the ripples subside everything appears different. The reflections are quite other; everything has swung and shattered, it is…"

-Penelope Lively, The Photograph

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2. The King's Hounds (The King's Hounds, #1)

By: Martin Jensen

4.14

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The first in the bestselling Danish series of historical mysteries The newly crowned King Cnut of D… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
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3. The Red Hill (Thomas Berrington #1)

By: David Penny

3.72

Format: 78 pages, Kindle Edition

A killer who can't be stopped. A request that can't be refused. In 1482 the Englishman Thomas Berri… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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4. The Wolves of Savernake (Domesday, #1)

By: Edward Marston

4.25

Format: 355 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"An artful and evocative adventure steeped in local humor, lore, and legend of eleventh-century Eng… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
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5. The Wayward Apprentice (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #1)

By: Jason Vail

3.34

Format: 320 pages,

Stephen Attebrook, a crippled knight facing poverty and ruin, seems condemned to a quiet life when … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
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6. The Girl in the Ice (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #4)

By: Jason Vail

4.16

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

A sudden thaw on Christmas Day reveals to Harry the beggar a dead girl of extraordinary beauty froz… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • medieval
  • crime

7. A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)

By: Ellis Peters

4.39

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ellis Peters' introduction to the murderous medieval world of Brother Cadfael... A Morbid Taste for… read more

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8. The Pilgrim of Hate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #10)

By: Ellis Peters

3.64

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

The fourth anniversary of the transfer of Saint Winifred's bones to the Abbey at Shrewsbury is a ti… read more

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9. Bag of Bones (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #13)

By: Jason Vail

4.53

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ludlow beggar One-eye Dick finds the scattered bones of two dead men on a hillside north of the… read more

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  • mystery
  • medieval
  • historical fiction
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10. The Hidden Dead (Thomas Berrington Tudor Mystery #3)

By: David Penny

4.42

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

A mysterious relic. Bones that do not belong. A Church in chaos. Settling into life near Ludlow,… read more

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11. A Reluctant Assassin (Will Revill Thrillers #1)

By: John Pilkington

4.09

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

'A captivating tale alive with the sights, sounds, and smells of a bygone age. Historical storytell… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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12. The Ruffler's Child (Thomas the Falconer Mystery #1)

By: John Pilkington

4.18

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Thomas the Falconer Mystery series - Book 1 'The story moves at a great pace ... it made a welcome… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
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13. Men of Bone (Thomas Berrington Tudor Mystery #1)

By: David Penny

4.44

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

1501: London, England Can a man turn his back on all hope to protect those he loves? Returnin… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.38

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer, 1660. Cromwell is dead and Charles Stuart has been restored to the throne. Men who supporte… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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15. Marbeck and the King-in-Waiting (Martin Marbeck Mysteries Book 2)

By: John Pilkington

4.36

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Spring, 1603: Queen Elizabeth is dying, and England waits anxiously. The Virgin Queen hasn’t named … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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16. Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of h… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint."

-Ellis Peters, Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)

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17. Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)

By: Ellis Peters

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

In the twelfth century, merchants gather at a summertime fair—but when one of them is found dead in… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Child, [death] is with us always,"

-Ellis Peters, Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)

"There has many a man gone through that gate without a safe-conduct, who will reach heaven ahead of some who were escorted through with absolution and ceremony, and had their affairs in order. Kings a…"

-Ellis Peters, Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)

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18. A Reluctant Traitor (Will Revill Thrillers #2)

By: John Pilkington

4.38

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

'A rollicking tale of adventure, intrigue, deceit and danger, rich in period texture and with a won… read more

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19. Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)

By: S.J. Parris

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

Prague, 1588 A COURT IN TURMOIL The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundari… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. Execution (Giordano Bruno, #6)

By: S.J. Parris

4.38

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

The sixth Tudor thriller featuring Giordano Bruno: heretic, philosopher and spy. Perfect for fans o… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Monastery Murders (Stanton & Barling, #2) by E.M. Powell

21. The Monastery Murders (Stanton & Barling, #2)

By: E.M. Powell

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Their lives are ones of quiet contemplation—and brutal murder. Christmas Eve, 1176. Brother Maur… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • 12th century
  • audiobook
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22. A Reluctant Hero (Will Revill Thrillers #3)

By: John Pilkington

4.45

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

"I was gripped from the first page to the last." Roger Morris, author of the Porfiry Petrovich Myst… read more

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  • historical fiction
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23. Marbeck and the Double Dealer (Martin Marbeck Mysteries Book 1)

By: John Pilkington

4.02

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the successful Thomas the Falconer mysteries comes a new historical series featu… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Sinner's Mark (Nicholas Shelby #6) by S.W. Perry

24. The Sinner's Mark (Nicholas Shelby #6)

By: S.W. Perry

4.54

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

Treason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England . . . The year is 1600. With a dying queen… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Legacy: A Justice Belstrang Mystery (Justice Belstrang Mysteries Book 1) by John  Pilkington

25. Legacy: A Justice Belstrang Mystery (Justice Belstrang Mysteries Book 1)

By: John Pilkington

4.25

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

England 1616 Robert Belstrang, ex-magistrate bored with country life, comes to London to … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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26. A Death of Promise (Thomas Berrington Tudor Mystery #2)

By: David Penny

4.52

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Ludlow, England, 1502 When Thomas Berrington finds the bones of a human hand in his room at Ludl… read more

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27. The Ravens of Blackwater (Domesday #2)

By: Edward Marston

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this novel, Edward Marston continues his colorful, historically fascinating series of mysteries … read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. Death in Delft (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #1)

By: Graham Brack

4.15

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Three missing girls. Only one body. Where are the others? 1671, Delft. Three young girls have… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. The Promise of Pain (Thomas Berrington #7)

By: David Penny

4.49

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

WHEN REVENGE IS THE ONLY REDEMPTION Thomas Berrington has come to the high mountains of Spain’s Sie… read more

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30. The Message of Blood (Thomas Berrington #8)

By: David Penny

4.55

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

How can you expose a killer when they are your closest companion? Spain: 1490. Cordoba, Andalusia W… read more

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  • mystery
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31. A Tear for the Dead (Thomas Berrington, #9)

By: David Penny

4.64

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

Poison and betrayal takes many forms when a Queen is meant to die 1491-2: Granada, Andalusia: In… read more

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