15 Best historical fiction books like The Bone Chess Set (Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries #5) by J.G. Lewis

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The Bone Chess Set (Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries #5)

By: J.G. Lewis

4.43

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Salisbury 1227A traveling merchant’s death heralds a series of grim mishaps at Salisbury Castle. El…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Bone Chess Set (Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries #5) by J.G. Lewis , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. Murder for Christ's Mass (Templar Knight Mystery #4)

By: Maureen Ash

3.97

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The town of Lincoln is covered in snow?concealing the mortal remains of a clerk who worked in the l… read more

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Cover of Possession (Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mysteries Book 17) by Joyce Lionarons

2. Possession (Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mysteries Book 17)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.65

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

York, February, 1275. When Cordwainer falls ill after being summoned to the deaths of a man and his… read more

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3. A Taste for Killing (Bradecote & Catchpoll, #10)

By: Sarah Hawkswood

4.32

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

January, 1145. Godfrey Bowyer, the best but least likeable bow maker in Worcester, dies an agonisin… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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4. Murder Most Treasonable (A Brother Athelstan Mystery #22)

By: Paul Doherty

4.56

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Spies, secrets and suspicious Friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan races against time to solve impossibl… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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5. Too Good to Hang (Bradecote & Catchpoll #11)

By: Sarah Hawkswood

4.53

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

April, 1145. Thorgar the Ploughman is found by the bloodied body of Father Edmund, a village priest… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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6. The Healers (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #16)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.49

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

York, 1274: As Sheriff de Bury works to combat an upsurge in thefts in the city and Berta tries to … read more

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7. The Golden Crucifix (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #1)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.03

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

King's Coroner Matthew Cordwainer investigates the deaths by strangulation of three city prostitute… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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8. Sweet Death (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #14)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.57

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

York, July 1274. When a wealthy nobleman is murdered in the guest house of Saint Mary’s Abbey, M… read more

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9. Blood Runs Thicker (A Bradecote and Catchpoll Investigation #8)

By: Sarah Hawkswood

4.37

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A series that started well and grows stronger all the time. Both characterisation and historical d… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Dark Justice (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #4) by Joyce Lionarons

10. Dark Justice (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #4)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.47

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone is killing the shopkeepers of thirteenth-century York, and only Cordwainer can stop them. S… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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11. The Eyes of the Dying (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #12)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.54

Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition

When two orphaned children go missing from Saint Leonard's Hospital, Cordwainer is barred from inve… read more

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12. The Bishop's Riddle (Anglo-Norman Mysteries #3)

By: Maureen Ash

4.29

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

In this newest Anglo Norman mystery, a nun is murdered in an abbey and Estrid conducts an investiga… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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13. The Bone Chess Set (Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries #5)

By: J.G. Lewis

4.43

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Salisbury 1227A traveling merchant’s death heralds a series of grim mishaps at Salisbury Castle. El… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Three Score and Ten (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #9) by Joyce Lionarons

14. Three Score and Ten (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #9)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.51

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

In thirteenth-century York, the wealthy merchant Humphrey Porrock is stabbed and left to die in a n… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Deep Water (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #10) by Joyce Lionarons

15. Deep Water (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #10)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.35

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

When two of the Archbishop of York’s messengers are murdered on their way to York Minster, Matthew … read more

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  • historical fiction
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16. Corpus Christi Day (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #5)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.40

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

A young stonemason is stabbed in Saint Martin's Church on Trinity Sunday. Cordwainer searches for h… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Relic of Saint Cedd (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #8) by Joyce Lionarons

17. A Relic of Saint Cedd (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #8)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.45

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

A priceless relic is stolen from a church far north of York, a young man is stabbed outside a taver… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Blood Libel (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #2) by Joyce Lionarons

18. Blood Libel (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #2)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.35

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

As tensions rise between Christians and Jews in thirteenth-century York, Cordwainer attempts to sol… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of The White Rose (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #3) by Joyce Lionarons

19. The White Rose (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #3)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.42

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

When a noblewoman is found poisoned in the Clementhorpe Priory guest house in thirteenth-century Yo… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The King's Ditch (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #6) by Joyce Lionarons

20. The King's Ditch (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #6)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.42

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

A young noblewoman flees her father's manor to avoid an unwanted marriage, and Cordwainer is faced … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Ela of Salisbury: Do Justice, Love Mercy by Gary Patterson

21. Ela of Salisbury: Do Justice, Love Mercy

By: Gary Patterson

4.37

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

In 13th Century England, life held few options for women. Ela of Salisbury was no ordinary woman; s… read more

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10 Best historical books like The Bone Chess Set (Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries #5) by J.G. Lewis

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Joyce Lionarons

4.03

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Sarah Hawkswood

4.37

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Dark Justice (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #4)

Joyce Lionarons

4.47

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J.G. Lewis

4.43

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Paul Doherty , Paul Harding

4.32

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Jason Vail

4.00

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Jason Vail

4.25

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Jason Vail

3.34

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