Robb, Candace M.

A gift of sanctuary : an Owen Archer mystery by Candace M Robb( Book )
41 editions published between 1994 and 2005 in English and held by 1,639 libraries worldwide
Owen Archer investigates a suspicious accident that threatened the life of William of Wykeham, the recently deposed Lord Chancellor of England, who has been scheming to get back in the king's good graces despite a feud with the Duke of Lancaster.

A spy for the redeemer : an Owen Archer mystery by Candace M Robb( Book )
20 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,008 libraries worldwide
Owen Archer is caught in St. David's, Wales first by a murder and then by rebellion. Meanwhile, his wife Lucie must deal with mysteries and temptations of her own in York.

A trust betrayed : first chapter of Margaret Kerr of Perth by Candace M Robb( Book )
6 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 975 libraries worldwide
After her missing husband's young cousin is brutalized while searching for him, Margaret Kerr travels to Edinburgh herself to find her husband and to search for young Jack's killer.

The nun's tale : an Owen Archer mystery by Candace M Robb( Book )
38 editions published between 1995 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 860 libraries worldwide
In 14th Century England, a young nun dies of fever and is buried. The following year a woman claiming to be the resurrected nun begins selling relics. The archbishop of York dispatches his agent, Owen Archer, to investigate this resurrection and Archer uncovers a political plot. By the author of The Lady Chapel.

The apothecary rose : a medieval mystery by Candace M Robb( Book )
36 editions published between 1993 and 2007 in 7 languages and held by 833 libraries worldwide
In the cathedral city of York people are dying in mysterious circumstances. The common thread is the herbal remedies dispensed by Nicholas Wilton. Owen Archer is dispatched to unravel the mystery.

The Lady Chapel by Candace M Robb( Book )
19 editions published between 1994 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 285 libraries worldwide
"High summer.1365-and York is glorious with pageantry for the Feast of Corpus Christi. But wool merchant Will Crounce, who acts in "The Last Judgement," meets his maker all too soon, his throat slit in the shadow of the great cathedral. When Crounce's severed hand is found in fellow merchant Gilbert Ridley's tavern lodging, the Archbishop calls in Owen Archer. To unravel a second murder, and the grisly warning of another severed hand, Owen will need his sharp mind, his bow and arrows, and even his wife Lucie's apothecary skills. For soon he will be drawn into a tangle of greed, treachery, and passion that runs from Ridley and the wool trade all the way to the royal court."--BOOK COVER.

The fire in the flint by Candace M Robb( Book )
13 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and held by 272 libraries worldwide
1297 and Margaret Kerr is living in Edinburgh with her uncle Murdoch. She'd come to search for her long-absent husband, Roger, who is in the service of Robert the Bruce. Terrifying raids and a brutal murder on the Kerr property bring the wrath of the English down on the heads of Margaret and Murdoch. The sudden reappearance of Roger gives Margaret the chance to flee and together they make for Perth. But she soon begins to suspect the motives of Roger's newfound enthusiasm for marriage. Then her father returns from Bruges, bringing trouble and discord in his wake. What did the raiders seek from Margaret's property? Can she trust either her husband or her father...?

A trust betrayed by Candace Robb( Book )
18 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 259 libraries worldwide
Set in Edinburgh, Scotland in the late 13th century, at the time of Robert the Bruce and the Scottish rebellion against the English. Margaret Kerr, a young widow, decides she must seek out the truth about murdered husband, in a city at war, rife with dark secrets and dangerous loyalties.

The riddle of St. Leonard's by Candace M Robb( Book )
18 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 257 libraries worldwide
"Medieval York is wrapped in a dangerous riddle that only Owen Archer can unfurl. The fetid summer heat of 1369 has the citizens of York besieging Owen Archer's apothecary wife, Lucie, for physicks against noxious vapors. But more than pestilence is in the air. Owen is summoned to investigate the theft of rare treasures from St. Leonard's Hospital and the untimely deaths of aging patients. What links a brutal robbery, a fatal fire, a lay sister some still call whore, and a homeless urchin who shoots an arrow as straight as Owen himself? Country lore and town gossip lead him deep into the past, toward a killer with a heart blacker than the plague itself..."--BOOK COVER.

The king's bishop by Candace Robb( Book )
18 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 255 libraries worldwide
"From the murky Thames to the misty moors of the north, murder stalks Welsh soldier-sleuth Owen Archer and his dearest friend... It is 1367. When Sir William of Wyndesore's page is found drowned in the icy Windsor Castle moat, some say he was done away with by Ned Townley-soldier, spy, and jealous lover. But Ned's struggle to prove his innocence to his ladylove, Mary, is thwarted by his abrupt dispatch to Yorkshire on a royal mission. Soon, an unseen hand speeds Mary to a watery grave, while hot-tempered Ned vanishes in the northern wilds. And Archer, his old comrade-in-arms, must pursue him through a tangle of threats and butchered corpses, to save his life...or to bring him to justice. Owen, with his one sound eye, can see more than most with two, but what the bold ex-archer spies-with the help of his apothecary wife Lucie-will enmesh him and his friend in the dark and bloody intrigues of Church, crown, and court."--BOOK COVER.