Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Comes As Epiphany | 1993 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
| 2 | The Devil’s Door | 1994 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
| 3 | The Wandering Arm | 1995 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
| 4 | Strong as Death | 1996 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
| 5 | Cursed in the Blood | 1998 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
| 6 | The Difficult Saint | 1999 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
| 7 | To Wear the White Cloak | 2000 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
| 8 | Heresy | 2002 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
| 9 | The Outcast Dove | 2003 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
| 10 | The Witch in the Well | 2004 | Sharan Newman | Buy |
Set mostly in and around Paris and the great monasteries of medieval France, this series has a strong sense of place and a protagonist who feels genuinely at home in the twelfth century. Catherine LeVendeur is curious, stubborn, and not above getting into trouble, which makes her well-suited to a world where heresy, pilgrimage routes, and dynastic politics create plenty of opportunities for murder.
The books move across a wide range of settings as the series goes on, from Parisian streets and convent walls to the roads of Burgundy and Scotland. Sharan Newman draws on real historical events and figures without turning the books into lectures, and the domestic details of medieval life are rendered with enough texture to feel lived-in. Readers who enjoy Ellis Peters or Margaret Frazer will find this series a natural fit.