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  • THE LADY CHAPEL
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    THE LADY CHAPEL
    CANDACE ROBB
    A wool merchant’s murder may unmask a sinister plot in this novel of medieval England by an author who “puts the history back into the historical mystery” (Kirkus Reviews).   Summer in the year of our Lord 1365: On the night after the Corpus Christi procession, a man is brutally murdered on the steps of York Minster. The next morning his severed hand is found in a room at the Y...

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  • THE KING'S BISHOP
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    THE KING'S BISHOP
    CANDACE ROBB
    This tale of courtly intrigue and murder in fourteenth-century England is “a superb medieval mystery thoroughly grounded in historical fact” (Booklist).   From the marshy Thames to the misty Yorkshire moors, murder stalks Welsh soldier-sleuth Owen Archer and one of his oldest friends.   On a snowy morning in 1367, Sir William of Wyndesore’s page is found in the icy moat of Wind...

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  • THE APOTHECARY ROSE
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    THE APOTHECARY ROSE
    CANDACE ROBB
    This mystery in medieval England is “suspenseful, historically accurate, and blessed with a wonderful cast of characters . . . An absolute delight” (Charles de Lint, author of the Newford Series).   It is Christmastide, 1363, and two suspicious deaths in the infirmary of St. Mary’s Abbey catch the attention of the powerful John Thoresby, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbisho...

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  • A SPY FOR THE REDEEMER
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    A SPY FOR THE REDEEMER
    CANDACE ROBB
    A “fascinating [and] evocative” novel of crime and intrigue in fourteenth-century England and Wales (The Plain Dealer).   It is late spring in the year of our Lord 1370, and Owen Archer is anxious to leave Wales for home. His mission for the Duke of Lancaster complete, he attempts to arrange safe passage on a ship sailing for England—but the hanging of a stonemason interrupts h...

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  • THE NUN'S TALE
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    THE NUN'S TALE
    CANDACE ROBB
    “Engrossing . . . Imbued with the flavor of English medieval life, Robb’s story melds true events with fiction to create a gripping historical mystery” (Publishers Weekly).   When young nun Joanna Calverley dies of a fever in the town of Beverley in the summer of 1365, she is buried quickly for fear of the plague. But a year later, Archbishop Thoresby learns of a woman who has ...

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  • A GIFT OF SANCTUARY
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    A GIFT OF SANCTUARY
    CANDACE ROBB
    “Robb deftly interweaves a complex story of love, passion and murder into the troubled and tangled fabric of Welsh history . . . A rich and satisfying novel” (Publishers Weekly).   In fourteenth-century England, Owen Archer and Geoffrey Chaucer are carrying out a mission for the Duke of Lancaster—under the pretense of escorting Owen’s father-in-law and the archbishop’s secretar...

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  • THE GUILT OF INNOCENTS
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    THE GUILT OF INNOCENTS
    CANDACE ROBB
    A father and son untangle a mystery in medieval England in this “enjoyable read . . . As full of intrigue as a Deighton or a Le Carré” (The Guardian).   It is winter in the year of our Lord 1372. A river pilot falls into the icy waters of the River Ouse during a skirmish between dockworkers and the boys of the minster school—among them Owen Archer’s adopted son, Jasper.   But w...

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  • A VIGIL OF SPIES
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    A VIGIL OF SPIES
    CANDACE ROBB
    A Welshman in fourteenth-century England must unravel murder and palace intrigue in this “pleasing medieval series” (Library Journal).   Archbishop Thoresby of York, the second most powerful cleric in England, lies on his deathbed. The end of his life is seen by the great families of the North as a chance to promote one of their own as his successor—and Thoresby himself announc...

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  • THE RIDDLE OF ST. LEONARD'S
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    THE RIDDLE OF ST. LEONARD'S
    CANDACE ROBB
    “Gripping and believable . . . You can almost smell the streets of 14th-century York as you delve deeper into an engrossing plot” (Prima).   In the year of our Lord 1369, the much-loved Queen Phillippa lies dying in Windsor Castle, the harvest has failed, and the pestilence has returned. In York, the atmosphere of fear and superstition is heightened by a series of thefts and vi...

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  • THE CROSS-LEGGED KNIGHT
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    THE CROSS-LEGGED KNIGHT
    CANDACE ROBB
    “[A] medieval mystery grounded in the intrigue spawned by the bitter rivalry among King Edward III’s sons . . . An evocative and suspenseful whodunit” (Booklist).   York, 1371. The Bishop of Winchester, William of Wykeham, is tasked with bringing home the remains of the powerful patriarch of the Pagnell family. But Wykeham’s arrival is fraught with tension. The Pagnells are ree...

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  • THE BONE JAR
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    THE BONE JAR
    CANDACE ROBB
    A mystery story about the danger of false miracles and the treachery of true believers, part of the "pleasing medieval series" ( Library Journal).  Magda the Riverwoman has called Owen Archer to her island hut in the middle of the River Ouse with a special favor—to guard a jar of human bones. No one in York is greedier than the relic dealers, the insatiable charlatans who sell ...

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  • A TRUST BETRAYED
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    A TRUST BETRAYED
    CANDACE ROBB
    The acclaimed author of the Owen Archer Series "lovingly re-creates medieval Edinburgh" in a novel that introduces Scottish sleuth Margaret Kerr ( Publishers Weekly).   In the spring of 1297, the English army controls lowland Scotland and Margaret Kerr's husband Roger Sinclair is missing. He had gone to Dundee in autumn, writing to Margaret with a promise to be home for Christm...

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  • THE FIRE IN THE FLINT
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    THE FIRE IN THE FLINT
    CANDACE ROBB
    "Intrigue abounds" in the series starring sleuth Margaret Kerr. "Robb's captivating blend of history and mystery vividly evokes medieval Scotland" ( Booklist).   Scots are gathering in Murdoch Kerr's Edinburgh tavern, plotting to drive out the English forces. Margaret takes her place there as innkeeper, collecting information to pass on to William Wallace—until murder gives the...

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  • A CRUEL COURTSHIP
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    A CRUEL COURTSHIP
    CANDACE ROBB
    Espionage and intrigue light the fuse of rebellion in medieval Scotland for sleuth Margaret Kerr. " This is history as it should be told" (Good Book Guide).   In late summer 1297, Margaret Kerr heads to the town of Stirling at the request of William Wallace's man James Comyn. Her mission is to discover the fate of a young spy who had infiltrated the English garrison at Stirling...

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  • THE MARGARET KERR SERIES
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    THE MARGARET KERR SERIES
    CANDACE ROBB
    Three novels about a woman's search for truth amid the Scottish struggle for independence by an author who  "puts the history back into historical mystery" ( Kirkus Reviews). This volume includes three novels of mystery and intrigue in thirteenth-century Scotland from the acclaimed author of the Owen Archer series:   In  A Trust Betrayed, Margaret Kerr searches for her missing ...

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