title: Justice for the Damned: a Medieval Mystery (Medieval Mysteries)
author:  Priscilla Royal 
description: <i>Starred Review.</i> Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal is recuperating from a life-threatening illness at the start of Royal's riveting fourth medieval mystery (after 2006's <i>Sorrow Without End</i>), but she brightens at an assignment from her aunt Beatrice, director of novices at Amesbury Priory, who asks her to investigate a ghost people claim has begun haunting Amesbury. When a local man is found beheaded, Eleanor realizes she's dealing with a human killer, not an otherworldly spirit. Meanwhile, a thief may be trying to steal a valuable illuminated manuscript from the priory. In a fascinating subplot, a handsome young monk, Thomas, hunts down the manuscript thief. Though committed to celibacy, 22-year-old Eleanor develops quite a crush on Thomas, who struggles with homosexual longings. The author subtly treats the erotic charge surrounding Eleanor and Thomas while shedding light on 13th-century understandings of sexuality. Royal draws together the murder, the manuscript and the ghost in an unexpected conclusion. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: **Table of Contents**
  
  [Cover](9781780106120_epub_cvi.xhtml)
  
  A Selection of Recent Titles From Priscilla Masters
  
  Title Page
  
  Copyright
  
  Epigraph
  
  Chapter One
  
  Chapter Two
  
  Chapter Three
  
  Chapter Four
  
  Chapter Five
  
  Chapter Six
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  Chapter Nine
  
  Chapter Ten
  
  Chapter Eleven
  
  Chapter Twelve
  
  Chapter Thirteen
  
  Chapter Fourteen
  
  Chapter Fifteen
  
  Chapter Sixteen
  
  Chapter Seventeen
  
  Chapter Eighteen
  
  Chapter Nineteen
  
  Chapter Twenty
  
  Chapter Twenty-One
  
  Chapter Twenty-Two
  
  Chapter Twenty-Three
  
  Chapter Twenty-Four
  
  Chapter Twenty-Five
  
  Chapter Twenty-Six
  
  Chapter Twenty-Seven
  
  _A Selection of Recent Titles from Priscilla Masters_
  
   _The Martha Gunn Mystery Series_
  
  RIVER DEEP
  
  SLIP KNOT
  
  FROZEN CHARLOTTE *
  
  SMOKE ALARM *
  
  THE DEVIL’S CHAIR *
  
   _The Joanna Piercy Mysteries_
  
  WINDING UP THE SERPENT
  
  CATCH THE FALLEN SPARROW
  
  A WREATH FOR MY SISTER
  
  AND NONE SHALL SLEEP
  
  SCARING CROWS
  
  EMBROIDERING SHROUDS
  
  ENDANGERING INNOCENTS
  
  WINGS OVER THE WATCHER
  
  GRAVE STONES
  