Priscilla Royal Books in Order

In 1270, young Eleanor arrives as Tyndal Priory's new prioress and finds a monk murdered almost at once. To hold the house together, she must face resentment, greed, and the troubled priest Brother Thomas.

Called to her family's cold border castle to help save a sick child, Eleanor soon faces murder and a framed brother. Snow, family tension, and Brother Thomas's hidden wounds turn the investigation into a trap.

Alice McDoughall never wanted to play detective, but a food critic drops dead in her friend's restaurant and threatens to ruin the place. Following the clues means dealing with suspects, egos, and one very odd murder weapon.

When Crowner Ralf finds a murdered soldier near Tyndal Priory, a strange dagger and crusader's cloak point in too many directions. As tensions over a relic rise, Brother Thomas himself falls under suspicion.

Recovering at Amesbury Priory, Eleanor hopes for peace, but a ghost on the riverbank and a decapitated man bring fresh danger. Brother Thomas hunts a threatened manuscript while Eleanor untangles fear, rumor, and murder.

A poisoned cooper dies at Tyndal's inn, and almost everyone seems glad he is gone. While Crowner Ralf grieves and an unsettling anchoress stirs trouble, Eleanor must find which enemy finally acted.

Forced to shelter at a nearby manor when one of her party falls ill, Eleanor walks into a nest of affairs, religious zeal, and family secrets. Then a murder, and another attack, make leaving impossible.

As Tyndal Priory prepares for a royal visit, a courtier is murdered near Brother Thomas's hermitage. Old grudges, bickering officials, and dangerous politics leave Eleanor hunting a killer with little help.

Baron Herbert fears God is punishing his household when his sons begin dying in strange accidents. Eleanor, Sister Anne, and Brother Thomas enter a grief-stricken manor where sin, superstition, and family hatred all point to murder.

A disliked villager is found dead in Tyndal's millpond, and blame quickly falls on a Jewish family passing through under royal pressure. Eleanor and Crowner Ralf must beat rumor and rising violence to the truth.

On pilgrimage to a famous shrine, Eleanor and Brother Thomas find a nun dead at the base of a bell tower. Murder is only the start, because someone in the crowd may also be plotting treason.

A visiting priest comes to Tyndal to examine charges against Eleanor, then his clerk dies from a potion linked to Sister Anne. Suspicion tears through the priory as friends and enemies alike begin to choose sides.

Eleanor is summoned to Woodstock Manor as her father lies dying, only to find a royal household full of grief, greed, and secrets. When a queen's lady is murdered, family loyalty clouds every answer.

Snow traps a party of abbots at Tyndal Priory on their way to a papal envoy. As illness, accident, and murder spread through the stranded guests, Eleanor and Sister Anne must sort malice from chaos.

Carrying a letter for her brother, Eleanor travels to a Hospitaller house and finds its prioress imprisoned for murder. With the victim buried and many suspects unhelpfully relieved by the death, justice will not come easily.

War-torn Wales shadows this mystery when an abbot claims a ghost killed one of his priests. Eleanor, Brother Thomas, and Sister Anne expect a simple answer, but the murder lies buried under fear, lies, and war.

With Crowner Ralf away chasing smugglers and pilgrims crowding the roads near Tyndal, a murder outside the priory walls leaves Eleanor in a dangerous bind. She has no clear authority to act, but no time to wait.

Eleanor's cousin, the Earl of Ness, becomes the main suspect when his wife is murdered in the priory chapel with his own knife. Another death follows, and Eleanor fears every answer will cost her dearly.