Peter Tremayne, aka Peter Beresford Ellis, has written a slew of books, both factual and fictional. His series of mysteries featuring Sister Fidelma and Brother Eadulf has been going strong since 1994, incorporating traditional mysteries with history lessons about 7th century society – primarily Celtic.
Novels
An introduction to Fidelma and Eadulf – a synod in Northumbria is disrupted when the lead defendant for the Columban cause is murdered. There are motives for the disruption on both sides – but there are darker threats out there… The opening novel in the series and sets out to combine the historical background with a fairly-clued mystery/
Travelling to Rome, Fidelma is called upon to investigate when the Archbishop of Canterbury-designate is found throttled in his chamber. The relics that he brought with him have been stolen and a culprit is arrested. But Fidelma suspects that something darker is taking place…
- Suffer Little Children (1995)
- The Subtle Serpent (1996)
- The Spider’s Web (1997)
- Valley of the Shadow (1998)
- The Monk Who Vanished (1999)
- Act of Mercy (1999)
- Our Lady of Darkness (2000)
- Smoke in the Wind (2001)
- The Haunted Abbot (2002)
- Badger’s Moon (2003)
- The Leper’s Bell (2004)
- Master of Souls (2005)
- A Prayer for the Damned (2006)
- Dancing with Demons (2007)
- Council of the Cursed (2008)
- The Dove of Death (2009)
- The Chalice of Blood (2010)
- Behold A Pale Horse (2011)
- The Seventh Trumpet (2012)
- Atonement Of Blood (2013)
- The Devil’s Seal (2014)
- The Spiteful Shadow (2015)
- The Second Death (2015)
- Penance Of The Damned (2016)
- Night Of The Lightbringer (2017)
- Bloodmoon (2018)
Short Story Collections
- Hemlock At Vespers (collection of short stories) (2000)
- Whispers of the Dead (collection of short stories) (2004)
Novellas
- The Lair Of The White Fox (2016)
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