Candace Robb

It is the year of our Lord 1363. And in the cathedral city of York, people are dying in mysterious circumstances....

When a young nun dies of a fever in the town of Beverley in the summer of 1365, she is buried quickly for fear of the plague. But one year later a woman appears, talking of relic-trading and miracles....

The sixth medieval whodunnit to feature Owen Archer, one-eyed former soldier and occasional sleuth....

The year is 1367, and the people of York are suffering....

Late spring, the year of our Lord 1370....

A CALLOUS MURDER. A DEVASTATING SECRET. A CRIME OF PASSION....

England 1371....

Winter 1372, York....

Margaret Kerr of Perth is living in Edinburgh with her uncle Murdoch during the summer of 1297....

It is the spring of 1297, and young wife Margaret Kerr is desperately afraid....

Scotland, 1297. In the weeks leading up to the Battle of Stirling Bridge, Margaret Kerr takes up residence in Stirling town....

Wales, 1370. Owen has completed his latest mission for the Duke of Lancaster, but his plan to return home is thrown into peril when the young stonemason carving the tomb of Owen's late father-in-law, English knight Sir Robert D'Arcy, is discovered hanged.

York, 1371. William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, has made many enemies since York knight Sir Ranulf Pagnell died imprisoned in France while Wykeham negotiated his ransom. After escorting Sir Ranulf's body back to the city, Wykeham realises that his own life is in grave danger.

York, 1369. As pestilence rages through the city of York, strange things are afoot at St. Leonard's Hospital. Corrodians are dying in mysterious circumstances and riches belonging to the hospital have been stolen.

York, 1367. Owen Archer and his old comrade, Ned Townley, are each leading companies of the king's men north of York to Fountains and Rievaulx abbeys respectively, on a mission to win the support of the powerful abbots for William of Wykeham becoming the Bishop of Winchester.

Wales, 1369. Owen Archer is travelling to Wales on a mission for the Duke of Lancaster, recruiting archers in anticipation of King Charles of France's invasion of England.