Templar Knight Books in Order

Maureen Ash has written 12 Templar Knight books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is The Alehouse Murders (2007) and the newest is Death in Dover (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2007–2024
Pages on record
1,350 in 5 of 12 books

Maureen Ash's Templar Knight Mystery series runs to 12 books, beginning with The Alehouse Murders (2007) and reaching Death in Dover (2024). Subject headings place the books among the Templars in Middle Ages England and file them as historical mystery and detective fiction, with murder and poisoning named. Death of a Squire (2008), A Plague of Poison (2009) and The Canterbury Murders (2013) fall in between. The series is still ongoing.

How many Templar Knight books are there?

Templar Knight has 12 books, released between 2007 and 2024.

Templar Knight Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Templar Knight books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    The Alehouse MurdersTemplar Knight Mystery #12007 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007288
  2. 2
    Death of a SquireTemplar Knight Mystery #22008 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008241
  3. 3
    A Plague of PoisonTemplar Knight Mystery #32009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  4. 4
    Murder for Christ's MassTemplar Knight Mystery #42009 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009290
  5. 5
    Shroud of DishonourTemplar Knight Mystery #52010 · 257 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010257
  6. 6
    A Deadly PenanceTemplar Knight Mystery #62011 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011274
  7. 7
    The Canterbury MurdersTemplar Knight Mystery #72013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  8. 8
    A Holy VengeanceTemplar Knight Mystery #82015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  9. 9
    Sins of InheritanceTemplar Knight Mystery #92017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  10. 10
    Quest of MaliceTemplar Knight Mystery #102019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  11. 11
    Crusade of MurderTemplar Knight Mystery #112021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  12. 12
    Death in DoverTemplar Knight Mystery #122024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024

Do you have to read Templar Knight books in order?

You should read the Templar Knight books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Templar Knight book also stands alone.

Where to start with Templar Knight

Start with The Alehouse Murders (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Templar Knight book?

Death in Dover (2024) is the newest Templar Knight book released so far.

Is there a new Templar Knight book coming?

No next Templar Knight book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Templar Knight at a glance

Still running
Templar Knight is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Templar Knight books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,350 pages across the 5 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 274 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Templar Knight books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Templar Knight books are about

6 of the 12 Templar Knight books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: templars is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Maureen Ash

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.