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A Cruel Courtship by Candace Robb
Category: Fiction
It is Scotland, 1297. In the weeks leading up to the Battle of Stirling Bridge, Margaret takes up residence in Stirling town. She has come to discover why the informer who has been providing Wallace and Murray with details of the English plans has become unreliable. She is fearful that she may have inhe ...Show more
Kings Bishop by Candace Robb
Category: Crime and Thrillers
A snowy March, 1367, and King Edward is impatient. He wants William of Wykeham confirmed as Bishop of Winchester, but Pope Urban V is stalling, deterred by the man's wealth and political ambition. Thus Owen Archer finds himself heading a deputation from York to Fountains Abbey, to win support for Wykeha ...Show more
The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb
Category: Contemporary Fiction
It is the year of our Lord 1363. And in the cathedral city of York people are dying in mysterious circumstances. But there seems to be a common thread - the herbal remedies dispensed by Nicholas Wilton, Master Apothecary. The first victim is an anonymous pilgrim. But when a highborn nobleman dies after ...Show more
The Cross-legged Knight by Candace Robb
Category: Fiction
The latest novel in the acclaimed series of medieval mysteries featuring Owen Archer, the one-eyed spy. Owen investigates the death of a young midwife in a blazing townhouse belonging to William Wykeman, the Bishop of Winchester. Was the fire accident or arson? Scandal threatens.
The Fire in the Flint by Candace Robb
Category: Military History | Series: Margaret Kerr Trilogy Ser.
It is Edinburgh, 1297. Margaret Kerr, fiercely loyal to the deposed king John Balliol, has come in search of her absent husband Roger - a man in the service of Balliol's enemy Robert the Bruce. But terrifying raids and a brutal murder bring the wrath of the English to Margaret's door.
The Fire in the Flint by Candace Robb
Category: Fiction
Margaret Kerr of Perth is living in Edinburgh with her uncle Murdoch during the summer of 1297. She'd come to search for her long-absent husband who is in the service of Robert the Bruce. Margaret herself is still loyal to the deposed King John Balliol. Then terrifying raids and a brutal murder on the K ...Show more
The Guilt of Innocents by Candace Robb
Category: Crime Fiction
In the winter of 1372, in York: a man has drowned in the River Ouse. But why would anyone want to kill a humble river pilot? The one-eyed spy Owen Archer is quickly brought to the scene. Owen realises that it isn't a simple question of one victim, one suspect. And when a cross goes missing and a woman i ...Show more
The Lady Chapel: An Owen Archer Mystery by Candace Robb
Category: Crime and Thrillers
High summer in the year of our Lord 1365, and Owen Archer finds himself once again called upon by Archbishop Thoresby to exercise his skills as detective. While York celebrates the feast of Corpus Christi, a man is murdered in the shadow of the Minster, his right hand severed. All the evidence points to ...Show more
The Nun's Tale - (the Owen Archer Mysteries: Book III): an Evocative and Enthralling Historical Mystery Set in Medieval York That Will Have You Gripped from Page One... by Candace Robb
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: An\Owen Archer Mystery Ser.
The third novel in the compelling Owen Archer Series Full of intrigue and twists and turns, this is a compelling and captivating murder mystery written by Candace Robb - expertly skilled at weaving suspense with a real sense of history. Fans of Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwe ...Show more
Trust Betrayed, A by Candace Robb
Category: Fiction | Series: A Scottish murder mystery
It is the spring of 1297, and young wife Margaret Kerr is desperately afraid. Her merchant husband Roger has been missing since Martinmas. Has he been caught up in the swelling rebellion against the English? Is he even alive? Jack Sinclair, her husband's cousin and factor, has pledged to try to locate R ...Show more
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