Sharan Newman Books In Order

Catherine LeVendeur Books In Publication Order

  1. Death Comes As Epiphany (1993)
  2. The Devil’s Door (1994)
  3. The Wandering Arm (1995)
  4. Strong as Death (1996)
  5. Cursed in the Blood (1998)
  6. The Difficult Saint (1999)
  7. To Wear the White Cloak (2000)
  8. Heresy (2002)
  9. The Outcast Dove (2003)
  10. The Witch in the Well (2004)

Crime Through Time Books In Publication Order

  1. Crime Through Time II (By:Miriam Grace Monfredo) (1998)
  2. Crime Through Time III (2000)

Guinevere Books In Publication Order

  1. Guinevere (1980)
  2. The Chessboard Queen (1983)
  3. Guinevere Evermore (1985)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. The Dagda’s Harp (1976)
  2. The Shanghai Tunnel (2008)
  3. Defending the City of God (2014)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. Death Before Compline (2011)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code (2005)
  2. The Real History Behind the Templars (2007)
  3. The Real History of the End of the World (2010)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. The Sunken Sailor (2004)
  2. Thou Shalt Not Kill (2005)
  3. Death’s Excellent Vacation (2010)

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Sharan Newman Books Overview

Death Comes As Epiphany

Catherine LeVendeur is a young scholar come to conquer her sin of pride at the Convent of the Paraclete, famous for learning, prayer, and its abbess, the fabled Heloise. When a manuscript the convent produced for the great Abbe Suger disappears, rumors surface saying the book contains sacrilegious passages and will be used to condemn Heloise’s famous lover, Peter Abelard. To save her Order, and protect all she holds dear, Catherine must find the manuscript and discover who altered the text. She will risk disgrace, the wrath of her family and the Church, and confront an evil older than Time itself and, if she isn’t careful, lose her immortal soul. With Death Comes As Epiphany, the first in the Catherine LeVendeur mystery series, medievalist Sharan Newman has woven dark mystery and sparkling romance into a fascinating and richly detailed tapestry of everyday life in twelfth century France, and one of the most moving love stories of all time: Abelard and Heloise.

The Devil’s Door

1140 Anno Domini: A wealthy countess lies dying at the Convent of the Paraclete, brutally beaten by unknown assailants. Despite entreaties, she is unwilling to name her killers. Beautiful Catherine LeVendeur, the Paraclete’s most learned young novice scholar, vows to find out the identity of the woman’s attacker. When her beloved Edgar comes to lead her from the convent to a life of the flesh, Catherine is torn between her quest for justice and the pledge she made to him. Catherine doesn’t want to break any of the vows she’s made and if she abandons her crusade for the truth, others will die, and the convent she loves may be destroyed…
.

The Wandering Arm

When the mummified arm of St. Aldhelm is stolen from the Salisbury Cathedral in England, Catherine LeVendeur must find the lost reliquary to save those she loves. The Wandering Arm is an absorbing, richly authentic adventure.

Strong as Death

As a former novitiate in the Order of the Paraclete, Catherine LeVendeur has had more than her share of adventures. In fact, intrigue and murder seem to dog her path. When Catherine chose love over churchly devotion by falling in love with her Saxon nobleman, Edgar, her family had the earnest hope that married life would settle this most headstrong and unusual woman. But fate has a way of playing with mortals, and after suffering several miscarriages and the birth of a stillborn child, Catherine is inspired by a prophetic dream. She and Edgar will embark on a pilgrimage to the fabled monastery of Compostela, to petition St. James for a child, to take the holy waters, and to pray. During their journey Catherine and Edgar encounter mad monks, some less than penitent crusaders, and a motley collection of pilgrims whose past deeds bind them all in a bizarre game of chance. When several pilgrims are gruesomely murdered, the trail of evidence points to an old sin left unshriven and a hidden villain whose quest for revenge may end in Catherine’s death.

Cursed in the Blood

The fifth in Sharan Newman’s highly authentic and richly praised series, Cursed in the Blood finds Catherine LeVendeur venturing to the cold and tumultuous homeland of her husband only to realize that vast differences between Edgar’s family and her own. After making the pilgrimage to Compostela and giving birth to a son, Catherine LeVendeur is looking forward to an idyllic life at home in Paris. Yet her contentment is shattered when she and Edgar receive news from his family: Edgar’s two oldest brothers have been ambushed and murdered, and he must return to Scotland to help avenge their deaths. At first, Edgar refuses to go, knowing what may await them in his war torn homeland. But Catherine believes in family loyalty and insists upon accompanying him with their baby. Once in Scotland, Catherine is surprised to learn that Edger’s family is not what she imagined: His father, Waldeve, is a cold tyrant, and his remaining siblings are distant and secretive. Separated from Edgar during their efforts to uncover the truth, Catherine is expelled from his family’s care. She becomes a stranger in a strange land, searching for refuge in a country ravaged by civil war at the same time she searches for her husband. Yet she knows that any haven she finds will only be temporary until she answers this question: Who among Waldeve’s enemies hates his passionately enough to destroy his whole family including, she fears, his infant grandson?

The Difficult Saint

In The Difficult Saint, Sharan Newman returns to medieval France and the murder haunted Catherine LeVendeur, hero*ine of this acclaimed series. After a harrowing stay with Catherine’s in laws in Scotland, Catherine and her husband, Edgar, have returned home with their two small children to live a life of peace at last or so they hope. But soon the safety of those they love is questioned as anti Jewish sentiment begins to grow in Paris. Raised Catholic by her father, Hubert, who poses as a Christian while practicing Judaism in secret, Catherine fears that the violence of the most recent crusade will repeat itself, victimizing members of her family. but before she can put too much thought into that, fate interrupts. Catherine’s estranged younger sister, Agnes, has returned to Paris with the news that she has been promised in marriage to a German lord. Bitter about their religious differences Agnes wants no part of Catherine or Hubert except for the sizable dowry that Hubert can provide. When Catherine and Hubert arrange for Agnes to be escorted to Germany with her dowry, they assume that they have seen the last of her. But then one of Agnes’s escorts returns to Paris with terrible news: Agnes’s new husband appears to have been murdered by poisoning, and Agnes is the prime suspect. In spite of their differences, Catherine believes in her innocence, and knows that she must do everything she can to save her sister’s life. And when Catherine and her brood travel to Germany to begin sleuthing in a dangerously anti Semetic climate, it becomes clear that Catherine and Edgar’s long dreamt of life of peace remains in the distant future if they live to see it at all.

To Wear the White Cloak

Catherine LeVendeur is an independent spirit, fiercely loyal to both her faith and her family. The two sometimes conflict, but even though she has experienced joy and loss, her life remains committed to preserving what and who she loves.

Catherine’s loyalty is sorely tested, however, when she and her family return to France after a long absence, and discover a Knight Templar has been brutally murdered in their home and someone is threatening to reveal Catherine’s closely held secret about her family’s Jewish roots. But Catherine never wavers neither in her own Christian faith, nor her father’s Jewish faith and ultimately it falls upon her to discover who would kill a soldier of God and why her family would be targeted in such a horrendous fashion.

A story filled with fascinating details of medieval life and the intricate interplay between the Christian and Jewish cultures of the time.

Heresy

A Catherine LeVendeur mystery

Catherine LeVendeur is a creature of twelfth century France. Her life is a mirror of that time but she is a unique spirit, determined to make her way in the world and armed with a keen mind and a curiosity that often puts her in peril. Her life is both a reflection of the bonds placed upon a woman in her society and the ways in which a strong personality can triumph and succeed in spite of those strictures. Catherine is fiercely loyal to both her faith and her family…
and this loyalty is sometimes sorely tested because of a dreaded family secret. Raised a devout Catholic, she knows that if her family’s Jewish roots are exposed, all she loves will be destroyed.

But how far will she go to protect that secret? When her dearest friend in the world, Astrolabe, the son of the fabled theologian Peter Abelard and Heloise, flees wrongful prosecution for the vicious murder of a young woman, Catherine s family takes him in to hide. But there are darker forces than murder at work here. Someone wishes to use Astrolabe to complete the destruction of his father s fame in the name of faith…
and there are those who would see the destruction of the very order of Christian life.

And Catherine s family is caught right in the middle of the conflict. While she has experienced love and loss, her life is committed to preserving what peace she can for those she loves. How far will Catherine go to save her friend, and what will this sacrifice do to her family s future?

Heresy is the eighth title in Sharan Newman’s critically acclaimed Catherine LeVendeur medieval mystery series. Sharan Newman has used extensive research to give us a fascinating panorama of twelfth century France that is rich in historical detail, and she puts flesh to bone by creating portraits of people who are not so different from ourselves. Filled with fascinating details of medieval life and the intricate interplay between the Christian and Jewish cultures of the time, Heresy is a compelling mystery and a riveting historical rolled into one.

The Outcast Dove

The Outcast Dove is the ninth title in Sharan Newman’s Catherine LeVendeur mystery series. In these well researched novels filled with fascinating details of medieval life, Newman conveys the sounds, smells, and human concerns of twelfth century France and creates characters who seem to have just stepped off the streets of medieval Paris. The threat to peace and safety this time is not focused on Catherine LeVendeur, the hero*ine whose curiosity and passion for justice have sometimes led her to solve some grisly murders and brave horrors…
but on those she loves. Her family’s fortune is in commerce, and while her husband, Edgar, is a capable trader, they must rely on her dearest cousin, Solomon, to negotiate the treacherous path to riches. And therein lies the danger, for the fact that Solomon is her cousin is secret. Catherine’s father was abducted as a child and raised as a devout Catholic but most of his family escaped and remained Jews. If their family connections are discovered, it could mean ruin to Catherine’s family. Or death. As Edgar and Solomon travel to Spain to make their fortunes, Solomon is drawn into a scheme to try to rescue a Jewish girl take by Christians during the conquest of the Spanish city of Almeira. To complicate matters, and sorely vex his heart, Solomon encounters his long lost father Jacob, a man who rejected his Jewish faith and is now Brother James, preparing his own trip to Spain to ransom Crusader knights taken by the Moslems. When a fellow monk is killed by an attacker in the street late at night, it’s put down to a random mugging. But James, who is carrying the ransom money, believes that he will be the next target. Circumstances force him to turn for help to the son he abandoned. Solomon wants nothing to do with his father. But he’s confronted by his past, his ancestry, the need for secrecy, and his love for those of his family who have chosen a different path. In confronting all these things, Solomon will come to a decision about who he is…
and where he really belongs.

The Witch in the Well

First time in paperback! Catherine LeVendeur is a creature of 12th century France whose life is a mirror of her times but she is armed with a keen mind and lively curiosity. When Catherine’s grandfather sends for his family to tell them their well is going dry, Catherine is alarmed. The family’s wealth depends on its status, and if the well goes dry, their castle will fall. Her grandfather seems wracked with a fear deeper than that, though and there’s a mysterious woman appearing at odd moments who may or may not be the family’s ancestral ghost. Catherine doesn’t believe the magical legends her family has handed down, that they are the descendents of a knight of Charlemagne’s and a faerie. She puts her faith and distrust in the human condition. When bodies being appearing not ghostly specters, but freshly dead humans Catherine knows she’s right, and must uncover the secrets of The Witch in the Well

Crime Through Time II (By:Miriam Grace Monfredo)

Bestselling myserty authors Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman present Crime Through Time II featuring original historical mysteries by Robert Barnard, Jan Burke, Michael Coney, Dianne Day, Carole Nelson Douglas, Elizabeth Foxwell, Edward D. Hoch, Nancy Kress, Gillian Linscott, Edward Marston, Miriam Grace Monfredo, Maam Nyers, Sharon Newman, Anne Perry, John Maddox Roberts, Laura Joh Rowland, Walter Satterthwait, Sarah Smith, and William Wu. A companion to Crime Through TIme, the remarkable first collection of historical mysteries All new, never before published stories by bestselling award winning writers. Named a Top Ten Paperback by The Poisoned Pen

Crime Through Time III

A never before published collection of historical mysteries from today’s top writers. Bruce Alexander Margaret Coel Andrew Greeley H.R.F. Keating Peter Lovesey Sharyn McCrumb Miriam Grace Monfredo Peter Robinson Harry Turtledove and many others!

Guinevere

Shaman New man tells the story of the golden child whose dearest friend is a saint who hears spirits singing; of the gentle hearted woman who begins to dream of love, glory, and the fierce, proud king who will become her husband; of the passionate beauty whose name will be remembered and hated for centuries. Sharan Newman portrays Guinevere with all the charm, skill, and erudition that have won her the hearts of readers and the admiration of critics for her Catherine LeVendeur medieval mystery series. In Guinevere, Newman offers a reinterpretation of the Arthurian saga and as memorable as The Mists of Avalon and The Hollow Hills.

The Chessboard Queen

In Guinevere, Sharan Newman told us the story of that lovely and legendary woman’s childhood up until her wedding night. Guinevere is now the beautiful young wife and queen of King Arthur, a position much coveted by all women of Camelot. But nothing in life is ever certain, and soon Guinevere discovers most alarmingly her deep and passionate love for another man: Lancelot, the most beloved Knight of the Round Table in all of Camelot. Here Sharan Newman brings the legend of Lancelot and Guinevere to life with the same blend of magic and history that has made her Catherine LeVendeur medieval mystery series such a success. As ambitious and striking as The Mists of Avalon and The Hollow Hills, The Chessboard Queen is a beautiful rendering of the world’s most timeless romance, a tale of earthly passion and spiritual love like no other before or since.

Guinevere Evermore

Guinevere is widely acknowledged as the most extraordinary woman in legend. From golden child to Queen of Camelot to passionate adulterer, her life is a vivid an fascinating saga. In this spellbinding climax to the tale of Guinevere which began with Guinevere and continued in The Chessboard Queen Sharan Newman, author of the highly acclaimed Catherine LeVendeur medieval mystery series, blends magic and history to create and unforgettable tale of passion and tragedy. Here we see the discover of Guinevere’s affair with Lancelot and her subsequent fall from grace; the near futile quest for the Holy rail; and the triumph of Galahad in a final battle with the villainous Mordred. Guinevere Evermore is a heartrending portrayal of a failed romance, a fallen woman, and the end of an era. Sharan Newman’s reinterpretation of the Arthurian saga is as ambitious and persuasive as The Mists of Avalon and The Hollow Hills just as memorable.

The Shanghai Tunnel

Portland, 1868. It is a rough hewn place, an exploding trading post that has dreams of becoming a metropolis.

Horace Stratton, one of Portland’s wealthiest heirs, has decided to come home for good after amassing yet another fortune in Shanghai. With him comes his wife Emily, a shy daughter of missionaries, and their teenaged son. On the brink of that happy return, Horace suddenly falls ill and dies in San Francisco.

Emily and her son bring her husband home to Portland and they try to settle into this new culture. While they look as if they should belong, Portland is a strange and unsettling place for them.

Emily is guilt ridden, but sorrow is one of the few emotions she didn t feel when told of her husband’s passing. For Emily had learned more about her husband’s past than anyone would believe. And she discovers that all of his schemes did not die with him.

His partners very much want Emily and her son to go away…
by whatever means necessary. Emily will have to delve into her husband’s seedy and painful past and set things right so that she can make a life for herself and her son in this strange land.

The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code

Millions have been enthralled by The Da Vinci Code‘s fascinating historical speculations and the blockbuster novel’s audience has also made bestsellers of several books offering to separate the facts from the fiction. This comprehensive, encyclopedic volume is written by an acclaimed medievalist and takes an objective, history based approach to the phenomenon and the questions it has raised.

The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code gives easy to find, clear answers about the people, places, and events that play roles in Dan Brown’s tantalizing thriller in a lively, encyclopedic format shedding new light on some of the deepest mysteries of the Dark Ages.

Further, the author has visited all of the sites in France and England which are settings in The Da Vinci Code, offering unprecedented insight into these locations for armchair travellers, or for fans who wish to go and visit these sites themselves.

The Real History Behind the Templars

The medieval historian who revealed The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code uncloaks the Templars. In the year 1119, these noblemen found their calling as protectors of the faithful on a dangerous pilgrimage to newly conquered Jerusalem. Now, historian Sharan Newman elucidates the mysteries and misconceptions of the Templars, from their true first founding and role in the Crusades to more modern intrigues, including: Were they devout knights or secret heretics? Did they leave behind a fantastic treasure hidden to this day? How did they come to be associated with the Holy Grail? Did they come to America before the time of Columbus? Does the order still exist?

The Real History of the End of the World

From the author of The Real History Behind the Templars the origins and stories behind end of the world predictions throughout history, from Revelations to 2012. In entertaining and sharp prose, historian Sharan Newman explores theories of world destruction from ancient times up to the present day theories which reveal as much about human nature as they do about the predominant historical, scientific, and religious beliefs of the time. Readers will find answers to the following end of times questions: Did the Mayans really say the world will end in December 2012? How have the signs in the New Testament Book of Revelations been interpreted over the years? How did ancient Egyptians, Norse, and Chinese think the world would end? When did Nostradamus predict that the last days would come? Does the I Ching reference 2012? Why didn’t the world end in Y2K? Are meteors, global warming, super volcanoes, and the threat of nuclear war signs that the end is near?

The Sunken Sailor

During a weekend house party in a proper English village, a body is discovered at the bottom of a pond tied to a submerged statue of Neptune. And the weekend has only just begun. So has this ingenious mystery a literary game of round robin in which fourteen master crime writers have each contributed a chapter of their own. What they deliver is a wildly entertaining whodunit with as many dizzying twists, turnabouts, double crosses, and divergent styles as there are solutions and suspects. Featuring the bestselling and multiple award winning talents of: Simon Brett Jan Burke Dorothy Cannell Maragaret Coel Deborah Crombie Eileen Dreyer Carolyn Hart Edward Marston Francine Mathews Sharan Newman Alexandra Ripley Walter Satterthwait Sarah Smith Carolyn Whe

Thou Shalt Not Kill

The greatest story ever told; the rise and fall of civilizations, empires, kings, despots, prophets and disciples; tales of love, betrayal, revenge, war, and disaster, the most fundamental and eternal myths and fables of Judeo Christian society; the end of the world the Bible has all of these. And now acclaimed mystery author Anne Perry has culled together an extraordinary list of writers from Sharyn McCrumb, Carole Nelson Douglas, Robert Barnard, Marcia Talley, Susan Moody and Peter Lovesey to Sharan Newman, Nancy Pickard, Reginald Hill, Gillian Linscott, Simon Brett, and Peter Robinson to contribute all new mystery and crime stories inspired by and based on these most ancient of biblical tales.

From Sampson and Delilah to David and Goliath; from Mount Sinai to the Last Supper, Thou Shalt Not Kill explores the stories of the bible as chilling expressions of the most basic instincts found in the Good Book. With fifteen unique and inspired twists on the traditional mystery story, Thou Shalt Not Kill is an inimitable edition to any library.

Death’s Excellent Vacation

It really can be an endless summer if you re immortal. Though a vampire would be ill advised to take a cruise to Bermuda, the possibilities for getting away from it all and maybe snacking on some unsuspecting tourist are many Sookie Stackhouse and her vampire friend Pam take a weekend getaway to Mississippi in 1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s Two Blondes. And when they end up in a shady gentleman s club, to escape in one piece they need to do something that wasn t on their itinerary something involving a stage, a pole, and very little clothing. New York Times bestselling author Katie MacAlister s The Perils of Effrijim follows a demon whose vacation in Paris is disrupted when he s banished to another plane, thus kicking off a crazy dimension hopping road trip across Europe. Protecting an heiress from supernatural hit men isn t Cat and Bones s idea of a relaxing vacation in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost s One for the Money, but it could get worse. And it does when Cat s mother shows up. Editors Harris and Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations frightening, funny, and touching for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque.

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