Lindsay Jacob’s Father Eadred Series
Latest Release: The Last Days (2025)
The Last Days is the gripping third instalment in the acclaimed Father Eadred series of Anglo-Saxon murder mysteries by Lindsay Jacob.
Set in 833AD in the troubled Kingdom of the East Angles, it plunges readers into a world of famine, religious hysteria and suspicion. Foreign hermits fuel the fires of unrest, blaming the famine on the king’s and Church’s wickedness. When a string of miracles follows gruesome murders, desperate rulers turn to Father Eadred—a humble priest with a knack for solving the darkest of crimes.
Eadred’s hunt for the truth leads him on a journey across a kingdom spiraling into chaos, as he uncovers an intricate plot in which Christians and pagans are entangled in a volatile web. He must risk everything—his sanity, his life, and his spirit—to prevent disaster and prove that hope can triumph even in the bleakest times.
“Goes beyond a murder mystery… takes the reader on a journey into the passions, fears and fault lines that shape the Anglo-Saxon mind.”
— Lindsay Jacob
Discover the previous Father Eadred novels
Murder at Elmstow Minster
(Book 1) In the 830s, a young priest named Eadred is sent to a troubled minster to uncover the truth behind a shocking double murder. Amidst declining monastic standards and threatening noble factions, Eadred must use reason—rather than superstition—to solve the grim crime and protect the vulnerable from powerful enemies.
The Fenland Spell
(Book 2) Awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion. In 832AD, the Fenlands are terrorized by a wave of cattle killings and secret feuds. Eadred is dispatched to unite rival families and solve an escalating murder crisis, as floods unearth dark secrets and danger stalks both land and spirit.
Lindsay Jacob grew up near Cambridge, England, and now resides in Australia. His meticulous research and passion for the Anglo-Saxon world bring to life a time of faith, conflict, and mystery.
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