Series: Justin De Quincy
by Author Sharon Kay Penman
Cruel as the Grave (2001)
This is one of those "I have no idea what compelled me to buy this book" discoveries on my bookshelves. It very clearly states on the front "A Medieval Mystery." Now, the only thing I hate more than a mystery is the Medieval time period. The wimples, the tonsures, the Lord this, Lady that, the...
The Queen's Man (2000)
Having developed a strange addiction for historical mysteries, I can not tell you how happy I was to find that my favorite author of historical fiction, Sharon Kay Penman, had written a historical mystery series. This is a historical mystery with style; the historical details and medieval settin...
Dragon's Lair (2004)
This is the first novel I've read written by Sharon Lay Penman and thus the first novel to include Justin de Quincy, although I know now that there are others in the series prior to this one. The start of the novel was arduous as names and characters were flying everywhere without the author pres...
Prince of Darkness (2006)
This is the fourth in Penman’s Justin de Quincy mystery series, but the first of her novels that I’ve read. In some ways, it was a shame because it gave me the feeling of falling into the story mid-way. The novel is definitely readable without having read any of the previous books, but since a lo...