17 must-read mystery books like Deeds of Darkness (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #10) by Melvin R. Starr

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Deeds of Darkness (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #10)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.15

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

To bring justice, Master Hugh must foil the corrupt power of great men Many medieval scholars di…

If you liked the mystery plot in Deeds of Darkness (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #10) by Melvin R. Starr , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

It is Christmas, A.D. 1141, Abbot Radulfus returns from London, bringing with him a priest for the … read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
"There's an art in every labour."

-Ellis Peters, The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)

"Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case."

-Ellis Peters, The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)

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2. The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)

By: Ellis Peters

4.16

Format: 250 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the Summer of 1143, two visitors arrive at the gates of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul … read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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  • medieval
  • crime
"What are wits for unless a man uses them?"

-Ellis Peters, The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)

"One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man."

-Ellis Peters, The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)

"They sell courage of a sort in the taverns. And another sort, though not for sale, a man can find in the confessional. Try the alehouses and the churches, Hugh. In either a man can be quiet and think."

-Ellis Peters, The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)

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3. The Potter's Field (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #17)

By: Ellis Peters

4.53

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

The year is 1143; once again Brother Cadfael is forced to leave the tranquility of his herb garden … read more

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

4. The Huntsman's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries Book 3)

By: Ann Swinfen

4.04

Format: 417 pages,

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
Cover of The Wayward Apprentice (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #1) by Jason Vail

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 Summer of the Danes (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #18)

By: Ellis Peters

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To tie in with the hardcover release of Peters' The Benediction of Brother Cadfael, here is the 18t… read more

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

7. A Swarming of Bees

By: Theresa Tomlinson

3.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

"A herbwife on a mule may go where warriors cannot - she may see what warriors cannot see and hear … read more

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8. The Richest Man in Town (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #14)

By: Jason Vail

4.44

Format: 0 pages, Kindle Edition

Harry Carver, the legless artisan, and his wife Joan find the corpse of the richest man in Ludlow i… read more

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9. There was a Crooked Man (Stephen Attebrook Mystery #15)

By: Jason Vail

4.52

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

The corpse of one of medieval Ludlow’s tavern keepers, popular Red John Griffin, is found by the be… read more

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  • medieval
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10. 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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  • british literature
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
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11. Roxanne (Kings Lake Investigation #3)

By: Peter Grainger

4.45

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Life, as Smith used to say, is just one thing after another - as one investigation ends, a new one … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Songbird (Kings Lake Investigation #1)

By: Peter Grainger

4.26

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

“He saw a bare arm first, the hand palm up with fingers curled inwards. Then he stopped and took a … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Healers (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #16) by Joyce Lionarons

13. 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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14. Deeds of Darkness (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #10)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.15

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

To bring justice, Master Hugh must foil the corrupt power of great men Many medieval scholars di… read more

Similar categories in Melvin R. Starr's Deeds of Darkness (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #10) book and Melvin R. Starr's Deeds of Darkness (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #10)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The Willow Marsh Murder (The Detective Lavender Mysteries #6)

By: Karen Charlton

4.52

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Cambridgeshire, September 1813: Detective Stephen Lavender and Constable Ned Woods are lured to an … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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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
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  • 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
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  • fiction
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  • mystery
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"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. On Eden Street (Kings Lake Investigation #2)

By: Peter Grainger

4.40

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

“He might be a nobody, but he was their nobody and their first case.” The new Kings Lake Central mu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)

By: Ellis Peters

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

October 1139. A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)"

-Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)

"I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians."

-Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)

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20. The Hanging Tree (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan #21)

By: Paul Doherty

4.56

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

London. January, 1382. The Crown's treasury has been robbed. Tens of thousands of silver and gold c… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
Cover of The Inventor (Penny Green, #4) by Emily Organ

21. The Inventor (Penny Green, #4)

By: Emily Organ

4.18

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

London 1884. Electricity pioneer Simon Borthwick lights up Victorian London with a stunning illumin… read more

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15 must-read fiction books like Deeds of Darkness (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #10) by Melvin R. Starr

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The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)

Ellis Peters

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)

Ellis Peters

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Potter's Field (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #17)

Ellis Peters

4.53

The Huntsman's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries Book 3)

Ann Swinfen

4.04

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Edinburgh Midnight (Ian Hamilton Mysteries #3)

Carole Lawrence

4.35

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Taken to the Grave (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #7)

Cara Devlin

4.54

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The Highgate Cemetery Murder (Tate and Bell Mystery, #1)

Irina Shapiro

4.35

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Murder of a Hangman (Redmond and Haze #13)

Irina Shapiro

4.55

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