Yup, more medieval murders. Relatively short murder mysteries written by folks who specialize in medieval murder mysteries. Super fun stuff! This one starts way back, with a couple of brothers joining King Arthur in a battle fighting Saxon invaders at the battle of Badon Hill (allegedly, Bath). According to historical records, it took place sometime around 560 CE. A few centuries later, in Bath (a place I’m dying to go), Lady Gwenllian and her husband Sir Symon are summoned to investigate a suspicious death that […]

In 1154, Prior Wigod of Oseney Priory writes The Play of Adam, about the world’s first murder (according to some). Trouble is, when the play is acted, maybe some folks get a little too method. So the prior adds a warning about the play: “Beware the sins of envy and vainglory, else foul murder ends your story.” Like modern times, people back then weren’t real keen on avoiding envy and vainglory, so as the play makes its way through the ages, death and foul murder […]

There is a series of these books (I think I’ve already covered one of them) all basically containing short mysteries written by authors who specialize in different parts of the Medieval era. Each story/mystery revolves around a common theme or idea. In this book, all the stories center on a relic – a piece of the true cross. Oh, and a murder or two. Or are they? (Murders, that is). The relic starts out in Jerusalem in 1100, during the Crusades. It makes its way […]