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Abbess of Meaux Series

12 primary works • 13 total works
Hildegard, a wealthy recent widow who becomes an abbess in late 14th century York, England, in the Abbess of Meaux mysteries:

Book 0.5

Ten Weeks That Changed England Forever
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3.90 · 99 Ratings · 8 Reviews · 2 editions
This is a prequel to the Hildegard of Meaux mediev…

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    Book 1

    Hangman Blind
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    3.64     · 1115 Ratings · 146 Reviews · published 2008 · 18 editions
    In November 1382, the month of the dead, Abbess…

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    Book 2

    The Red Velvet Turnshoe
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    3.87     · 591 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 2009 · 14 editions
    Black February in the year 1383: rain started to f…

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    Book 3

    The Law of Angels
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    3.65     · 418 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 2011 · 11 editions
    York, 1385. Just as the Mystery Plays are about to…

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    Book 4

    A Parliament of Spies
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    3.38     · 434 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 2012 · 11 editions

    All the danger and intrigue of 14th-centur…

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    Book 5

    The Dragon of Handale
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    3.80     · 357 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 2013 · 10 editions
    In the fifth in this stellar series Hildegard retu…

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    Book 6

    The Butcher of Avignon
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    4.13     · 186 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    When Hildegard is sent on a mission to the fabulou…

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    Book 7

    The Scandal of the Skulls
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    4.05     · 169 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2016 · 1 edition
    Murder and mayhem engulf Hildegard of Meaux and se…

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    Book 8

    The Alchemist of Netley Abbey
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    4.11     · 136 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    Desperate to return home to Meaux after the trauma…

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    Book 9

    Murder at Meaux
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    4.34     · 156 Ratings · 8 Reviews · 1 edition
    It is midnight when Hildegard disembarks at Ravens…

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    Book 10

    Murder at Whitby Abbey
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    3.90     · 201 Ratings · 40 Reviews · 9 editions
    December, 1389. As penance for her sexual miscondu…

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    Book 11

    Murder at Beaulieu Abbey
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    4.03     · 116 Ratings · 17 Reviews · 4 editions
    Death and danger await intrepid nun Hildegard o…

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    Book 12

    Dark Waters Rising
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    4.41     · 74 Ratings · 12 Reviews · 3 editions
    A storm is coming . . . Can nun sleuth Hildegard s…

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