Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Knight’s Tale | 2021 | M.J. Trow | Buy |
| 2 | The Yeoman’s Tale | 2022 | M.J. Trow | Buy |
The Geoffrey Chaucer Mystery series continues M.J. Trow’s habit of recruiting real historical figures as amateur detectives. After giving the role to Inspector Lestrade, Christopher Marlowe, and others, Trow turns to the fourteenth-century poet and diplomat Geoffrey Chaucer for this two-book series. The Knight’s Tale (2021) and The Yeoman’s Tale (2022) borrow their titles from Chaucer’s own Canterbury Tales, a neat inversion — Chaucer the storyteller becomes Chaucer the investigator.
The medieval setting is less familiar ground than his Victorian or Elizabethan work, but Trow’s research background in pre-modern Britain means the period detail here is as reliable as in his other historical fiction. The series is short at two books, making it an easy read for fans of his broader historical mystery work.