Alys Clare Books in Order

When a young nun is found murdered near Hawkenlye Abbey, blame falls quickly on recently released felons. Sent to investigate, Josse d'Acquin joins forces with Abbess Helewise and discovers the true danger lies much closer to the abbey.

After a sacred grove is felled, the woodcutter who swung the axe dies violently and locals blame the Forest People. Helewise is not convinced, and Josse's search in the ancient woods leads him toward something far more frightening and human.

A man dies after eating a poisoned dish at the local tavern, but he may not have been the real target. Josse and Helewise follow the trail into hidden identities, frightened survivors and violence that edges closer to Hawkenlye.

A troubled new nun arrives at Hawkenlye with her two younger sisters, bringing unease with her. When Josse is struck down, a body is found and one girl disappears, Helewise uncovers a web of lies stretching back to Ely.

An old pilgrim dies in Hawkenlye Vale, then a second body is discovered, stripped and expertly killed. With Prince John searching for a mysterious stranger, Josse and Helewise find themselves tracing a puzzle back to crusading days and older secrets.

Father Micah's harsh zeal makes him few friends, but his murder still shocks Hawkenlye. As heretics come under suspicion, Josse and Helewise are pulled into a case that also places Joanna and her baby daughter in mortal danger.

Galena comes to Hawkenlye hoping the abbey's healing waters will help her conceive, but she arrives alone and dies in agony soon after. Josse and Helewise uncover poison, pregnancy and a tangle of motives behind her death.

In a brutal winter, Helewise's long-absent son returns to Hawkenlye asking for help for his troubled family. When a man is found strangled and her son vanishes, Helewise and Josse must dig deep into the past to clear his name.

A desperately ill traveler dies before he can reach Hawkenlye Abbey's healing waters, and his body is later found frozen in the lake. As Josse seeks his identity, more sick people arrive and the fear of plague grips the valley.

A desperate man makes a sensational discovery in the Great Wealden Forest, only to end up dead in the undergrowth. With enemies on every side and loyalties badly tangled, Josse must uncover who hated him enough to kill.

Queen Eleanor summons Helewise and her party across the sea to discuss a memorial chapel for King Richard. At the same time, Josse is sent after rumors of devil-worshipping knights, a hunt that leads him toward Chartres and Joanna.

A secretive stranger arrives at New Winnowlands, and Josse suspects he is a returning crusader. As enemies begin to gather around the wounded man, Josse and Helewise realize he has brought home a terrible secret and deadly danger.

In a Fenland village under the new rule of William Rufus, young healer Lassair meets a stranger who offers a glimpse of a larger world. Soon she is caught up in a dangerous hunt for an ancient treasure with terrifying power.

As Ely's great new cathedral rises, the destruction of an older chapel stirs anger and fear. After her cousin Morcar is attacked, Lassair uncovers a secret hidden within the abbey walls, one that is already costing lives.

On a private errand at dawn, Lassair finds the body of a young seamstress and is drawn into a murder that edges alarmingly close to home. Strange nighttime singing and another death make the case darker still.

King John's men descend on Hawkenlye Abbey, bringing fresh hardship to the nuns and everyone who depends on them. Then Helewise's granddaughter Rosamund vanishes after a visit to St Edmund's Chapel, and family fear takes over.

A terrifying dream convinces Lassair that someone she loves is in danger. When she learns a nun has been murdered at the abbey where her sister lives, she hurries back to the fens, fearing the warning was meant for her family.

Helewise returns to her cell near Hawkenlye to help the poor just as three bodies are found, one marked with a sign of vengeance. Meanwhile, far from home, Josse's son Ninian is caught up in the doomed cause of the Cathars.

A brutal murder seems distant until Lassair learns the victim was a relation, and that the killer was searching for something. As the stranger's hunt turns toward her own household, she realizes her family may be next.

A wealthy nobleman dies during his own feast, and healer Sabin de Gifford wants proof that her remedies were not to blame. With Meggie's help, suspicion shifts from illness to murder, and Sir Josse's family is pulled into danger.

Josse and Helewise are summoned to Southfire Hall to visit Josse's dying uncle, only to find a house thick with fear and silence. A sinister new wife, an injured stranger and a missing cousin turn family duty into a chilling mystery.

A veiled noblewoman with an infant brings mystery and danger into Lassair's life just as floodwaters wash a body into Aelf Fen. Far away, Rollo Guiscard's journey home from the Holy Land turns into a desperate flight for survival.

Trying to rebuild his life as a country physician, former ship's surgeon Gabriel Taverner is drawn into a death by the river that turns uncomfortably personal. His search leads into Devon's silk trade and the dangerous secrets of people close to him.

When two bodies are found with their throats torn out, panic spreads that the legendary Night Wanderer has returned. Lassair and lawman Jack Chevestrier race to prove the killer is human before the next target is Lassair herself.

With England divided and King John under threat, Sir Josse d'Acquin is summoned to help a failing ruler. At the same time, Meggie is drawn into a perilous search for a cursed treasure that could prevent a new tragedy.

A starving vagrant dies near Tavy St Luke's, and Gabriel Taverner first thinks the case may be simple. Then a buried discovery reveals secrets more than a decade old, and the dead man's identity becomes the key to everything.

Two young men are beaten to death, a third barely survives, and Lassair is soon traveling north with her former lover Rollo Guiscard. Hunted by a skilled assassin, they must use the treacherous fenland to turn prey into pursuers.

Lassair follows her mentor Gurdyman to northern Spain after a dead vagrant is found clutching a single pearl. In the mountains, old secrets surface, and someone seems just as determined to kill Jack Chevestrier as to hide the truth.

When Ernest Stibbins says his wife has been warned by spirit guides that someone wants her dead, Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham are doubtful. A séance changes everything, and soon Lily is in grave danger herself.

Called to a ship newly returned from the Caribbean, Gabriel Taverner is asked to explain rumors of blue-skinned ghosts. Then a hidden corpse is found aboard, and the haunting gives way to treachery, cruelty and murder.

What looks like a simple case of runaway schoolgirls sends Lily Raynor undercover to a Fenland boarding school. Behind the respectable front, powerful men, frightened girls and hidden agendas make the investigation far more dangerous than it seems.

After seven years in Spain, healer Lassair finally heads home to the fens, hoping to reunite with the people she loves. But a chest left by the dead spy Rollo Guiscard pulls her into a web of danger, deception and unfinished business.

A London theatre company arrives in Plymouth on a plague tour, bringing glamour, witchcraft and whispered secrets with it. When one actor collapses, Gabriel Taverner finds himself chasing a killer in a world where even his own senses may mislead him.

Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham take on two hard cases at once: a missing refugee boy and a plea to clear a man hanged for murder. Both investigations drag buried injustice back into the light, and someone wants it left there.

A series of killings disturbs the Tavy valley, and Gabriel Taverner suspects they are linked to a mysterious woman found in shocking circumstances. His search leads to a dangerous trail marked by nutmegs, trade and murder.

Gabriel Taverner heads east as ship's doctor on a new voyage, while back in Devon a hated replacement physician is found tortured and dead. The method points abroad, and the danger may reach Gabriel and everyone waiting for him at home.

Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham travel to Brittany to learn whether a young man in an asylum truly killed his father. Another murder, an escape and growing doubts about his guilt turn the case into something far more dangerous.

Three elderly siblings ask the World’s End Bureau for help after ancient bones are found in their garden. When Felix pushes too hard and is nearly killed, Lily realizes whatever lies in the rose bed is dangerous in the present, not just the past.