Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Parcel of Rogues | 2019 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
| 2 | The Glass Man | 2019 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
| 3 | Sins of the Fathers | 2020 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
| 4 | The Queen’s Lady | 2020 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
| 5 | Commoners Round Table | 2021 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
| 6 | The Merchant’s Murder | 2022 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
| 7 | The Wheel | 2022 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
| 8 | Betrayal | 2023 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
| 9 | The Players’ Boy | 2024 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
| 10 | Murder on Wool Wharf | 2025 | Joyce Lionarons | Buy |
The Gavin Rownt Medieval Mystery series is set in fifteenth-century Norwich, one of the most prosperous cities in medieval England. The series began with A Parcel of Rogues in 2019 and has grown to ten books, with Rownt investigating murders and other crimes that touch on the city’s merchant class, religious institutions, and political tensions.
Lionarons uses the Norwich setting to explore different aspects of medieval urban life with each book. The Glass Man involves the city’s trade community, The Queen’s Lady brings in royal politics, and The Merchant’s Murder deals with commercial rivalries. The mysteries are constructed as fair puzzles, with clues drawn from the social customs and physical realities of the period rather than from modern forensic methods.