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Ashes to Ashes by Mel Starr
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Ser.
The morning after the festivities of Midsummer's Eve, the villagers of Bampton make a grisly discovery Master Hugh, Kate, and their children attend the Midsummer's Eve fire. The next morning Hugh hears the passing bell ring from the Church of St. Beornwald, and moments later is summoned. Tenants collect ...Show more
Deeds of Darkness by Mel Starr
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Ser.
When Bampton's coroner, Hubert Shillside, does not return from a trip to Oxford, Master Hugh de Singleton is called. Concerned for his old friend, Hugh takes to the road to investigate. Travel is safer than in times hence but, out of sight of prying eyes, it is still unwise to travel alone... Hugh finds ...Show more
Lucifer's Harvest by Mel Starr
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Ser.
"Another exciting page-turner by Mel Starr. He beautifully depicts the sounds, sights and smells, as well as the emotions, of the medieval world in this welcome addition to his long-running series."--Jill Dalladay, author of The Abbess of WhitbyLord Gilbert Talbot must provide soldiers for Prince Edward ...Show more
Master Wycliffe's Summons by Mel Starr
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Ser.
One of Master John Wycliffe's scholars is found dead after a thunderstorm. Was he struck by lightning, or was there something more sinister to his death? Scholar Richard Sabyn, a particularly obnoxious fellow, was believed to have been struck by lightning. However, Master Wycliffe believes otherwise and ...Show more
Prince Edwards Warrant by STARR, MEL
Category: Fiction | Series: The Chronicles of Hugh de Sing
Master Hugh won the Black Prince's favour when he helped to ease the Prince's illness. Now, in the autumn of 1372, the prince is suffering a relapse and sends to Bampton for Master Hugh to attend him. While at dinner in Kennington Palace, Sir Giles, the knight who escorted Hugh to London, is stricken an ...Show more
Rest Not in Peace by Mel Starr
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Ser.
Another slice of medieval skullduggery from the surgeon-turned-sleuthMaster Hugh, surgeon and bailiff, is asked to provide a sleeping potion for Sir Henry Burley, a friend and guest of Lord Gilbert at Bampton Castle. Sir Henry--with his current wife, a daughter by a first wife, two knights, two squires, ...Show more
The Easter Sepulchre by Mel Starr
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Sur Ser.
"Sir Hugh is in top form tracking down the wily killer of local clerics while eating his way through a feast of mediaeval dishes. A delightful mystery with an authentic historical touch." Fiona Veitch Smith, author and scriptwriter Keeping watch over the Easter Sepulchre, where the Host and crucifix ar ...Show more
The Unquiet Bones by Mel Starr
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Ser.
Uctred thought he had discovered pig bones. He did not know or care why they were in the cesspit at the base of Bampton Castle wall.Then he found the skull. Uctred is a tenant, bound to the land of Lord Gilbert, third Baron Talbot, lord of Bampton Castle, and had slaughtered many pigs. He knew the diffe ...Show more
Without a Trace by Mel Starr
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Sur Ser.
Lady Philippa, the wife of Sir Aymer - a knight of the realm - disappears while travelling from her husband's manor to Bampton. She and her maid are travelling in an enclosed wagon, whilst her husband and his grooms and a squire are mounted. When the party arrives at Bampton Castle neither the lady nor ...Show more
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