The Way of the Wicked (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Starr, Mel

Mystery

Marylebone House

Thomas atte Bridge, a man no one likes, is found hanging from a tree near Cowleys Corner. All assume he has taken his own life, but Master Hugh and Kate find evidence that this may not be so.

Unhallowed Ground (Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Monarch Books

It is the autumn of 1367. Master Hugh is enjoying the peaceful life of Bampton when a badly beaten man is found under the porch of St. Andrew's Chapel. The dying man is a chapman-—a traveling merchant. Before he is buried in the chapel grounds, an ancient, corroded coin is found in the man's mouth.

The Tainted Coin (Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon)

Master Hugh, Kate, and their children attend the Midsummer's Eve fire. Early next morning, Hugh hears the passing bell ring from the Church of St. Beornwald, and moments later is summoned. Tenants collecting the ashes to spread upon their fields have found burned bones. Master Hugh learns of several men of Bampton and nearby villages who have gone missing recently. Most are soon found, some alive, some dead. Master Hugh eventually learns that the bones are those of a bailiff from a nearby manor. Someone has slain him and placed his body in the fire to destroy evidence of murder. Bailiffs are not popular men; they dictate labor service, collect rents, and enforce other obligations. Has this bailiff died at the hand of some angry tenant? Hugh soon discovers this is not the case. There is quite another reason for murder ...

Ashes to Ashes (Chronicles of Hugh De Singleton, Surgeon)

Blackstone Pub

A Corpse At St Andrew's Chapel: The Second Chronicle Of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

ReadHowYouWant

Fate brings Hugh de Singleton, fourth son of a minor knight in Wyclif's England, some very good fortune. Newly trained as a surgeon, he was looking from his Oxford window when he saw Lord Gilbert being kicked by his groom's horse. Hugh's successful treatment of the suffering Lord led to an invitation to set up his practice in the village of Bampton -- and before long, a request to identify some bones.
It was a young woman whose bones were found in the castle cesspool, and Singleton, though his medical knowledge, identified her as the impetuous missing daughter of a local blacksmith. The young man she loved -- whom she had provoked very publicly -- is arrested and sentenced.
The story of Singleton's adventure unfolds with medical procedures, medieval wit, romantic distractions, and a consistent underlying sense of Christian compassion. Readers of the P.D. James's ecclesiastical novels will find much to love in Melvin R. Starr's Hugh de Singleton mysteries.

The Unquiet Bones (Center Point Christian Mystery)

United States

Center Point Pub

Alan, the beadle of the manor of Bampton, had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. The following morning, when he still had not returned home, his wife Matilda sought out Master Hugh de Singleton, surgeon and bailiff of the manor.
Two days later Alan's corpse is discovered in the hedge, at the side of the track to St. Andrew's Chapel. His throat has been torn out, his head half-severed from his body and his face, hands, and forearms lacerated with deep scratches.
Master Hugh, meeting Hubert the coroner at the scene, listens carefully to the coroner surmise that a wolf has caused the wounds. But Hugh de Singleton has his own theory -- and it has nothing to do with a wolf.

A Corpse at St. Andrew's Chapel: The Second Chronicle of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon

Mel Starr's latest novel is a thoroughly enjoyable medieval crime mystery. It may be enjoyed as complete in itself, or as part of the Hugh de Singleton series.\nWhen Hugh and Kate's new-born son is taken to the church to be baptized, they are astounded to find that the locked font is completely dry. The possibility of a leak is quickly ruled out, and just as Hugh is beginning to wonder if there may be a sinister explanation for the stolen holy water, Fr Robert is found lying motionless by the rood screen in a pool of blood...\nMeanwhile, parliament has passed a poll tax, stipulating everyone above the age of 14 is to be taxed equally. Folk are soon scrambling to find the money to pay and, inevitably, unscrupulous elements in society see an opportunity to feed off people's desperation and make some cash... But what connection can there possibly between this and events at Bampton?

A Polluted Font: The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, Book 16 (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, 16)

Lion Fiction

Master Hugh is asked to provide a sleeping potion for Sir Henry Burley, a friend and guest of Lord Gilbert at Bampton Castle. Sir Henry, (with his wife, a daughter by a first wife, two knights, two squires, and assorted servants), has outstayed his welcome at Bampton Castle. The next morning after Master Hugh provides the potion, Sir Henry is found dead, eyes open, in his bed. Master Hugh, the target of the wife's wrath, is asked by Lord Gilbert to determine the cause of death . . .

Rest Not in Peace (Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon)

Hugh of Singleton, fourth son of a minor knight, has been educated as a clerk, usually a prelude to taking holy orders. However, feeling no certain calling despite a lively faith, he turns to the profession of surgeon, training in Paris and then hanging out his sign in Oxford. A local lord asks him to track the killer of a young woman whose bones have been found in the castle cess pit. She is identified as the impetuous missing daughter of a local blacksmith, and her young man, whom she had provoked very publicly, is in due course arrested and sentenced at the Oxford assizes. From there the tale unfolds, with graphic medical procedures, droll medieval wit, misdirection, ambition, romantic distractions and a consistent underlying Christian compassion.

The Unquiet Bones (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, 1)

Literary

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