Maureen Ash Books in Order

This short history introduces young readers to Alexander's rise from Macedonian prince to empire builder. Maureen Ash traces his campaigns and explains how his victories reshaped the ancient world.

Recovering from years of captivity in the Holy Land, Templar Bascot de Marins hopes for peace at Lincoln Castle. Instead he is asked to investigate four killings in a town alehouse, and the case quickly turns darker than it first seems.

A disliked young squire is found hanging from a tree just before a high-stakes royal meeting at Lincoln Castle. Bascot investigates a case shaped by private grudges, sexual coercion, and dangerous political whispers.

A poisoned cake kills a squire, then more deaths follow and talk of plague begins to spread through Lincoln. Bascot has to find a clever killer fast, before fear does as much damage as the poison.

A dead mint clerk lies hidden beneath Lincoln's winter snow, and the only clue is an old coin stamped with King Stephen's face. Bascot soon learns the murder reaches beyond simple theft or greed.

When a prostitute is found strangled in a Templar chapel, the scandal threatens the Order itself. Bascot must discover whether the crime came from an enemy outside the walls or a brother within them.

A servant involved in a secret affair is murdered, and the obvious suspect is not the only one with reason to hate him. Bascot uncovers a deeper tangle of jealousy, lies, and old wrongdoing.

After William the Conqueror's death, England is thrown into a brutal fight over the crown. Told through a Saxon monk's eyes, this standalone follows Robert fitzHaimo through war, betrayal, and the hard politics of Norman rule.

A royal servant is murdered as King John and Queen Isabella seek safety in Canterbury. Bascot's investigation forces him to guard a dangerous royal secret while tracing a killer who may be targeting the crown itself.

A young woman is found dead at a shrine with a black adder beside her body, and panic spreads through Lincoln. Bascot must cut through superstition and fear before a very human killer strikes again.

In 1088, war and mistrust grip Rochester when a Norman soldier and a local pig farmer are murdered. Estrid begins asking dangerous questions after her son is blamed, and the search for the real killer pulls her into a web of betrayal.

A Lincoln draper is shot dead as he sets out on pilgrimage to Compostela, and Gianni is finally trusted with leading the inquiry. At the same time, news from Italy raises unsettling questions about his own past.

At a wedding feast in Maidstone, a young bride drinks poisoned mead and dies before her guests. Estrid is ordered to investigate, and she finds jealousy, old resentments, and Norman-English tensions simmering beneath the celebration.

When a boy working on Templar land is killed outside Lincoln, Bascot de Marins and Richard Camville follow a thin trail from town to coast. Clues tied to pilgrims, outlaws, and the Holy Land turn a local murder into a knotty investigation.

A nun is found murdered at Malling Abbey, and Estrid is sent to investigate. Between the abbey's strict hierarchy and the village's tangled grudges, she has to move carefully to uncover who wanted the young woman dead.

A series of attacks on Templar brothers turns from isolated violence into a deadly campaign. Bascot and Sheriff Gerard Camville race to uncover who is hunting the Order before the next blow lands.

When a charcoal burner becomes entangled in a suspicious death, Estrid is drawn into another tense enquiry in Norman England. Local loyalties, hidden grudges, and a divided community make the truth hard to reach.

A wine and mead merchant is found dead after spending the night with a local prostitute, and she becomes the obvious suspect. Estrid helps dig into his past, where old secrets point toward a different killer.

A pilgrim from Lincoln is killed in a Templar hostelry in Dover, far from home and with no clear enemy in sight. When another Lincolnshire man dies, Bascot and Gianni follow the trail to the port.