CANDACE ROBB

BMany lies. But only one truth… /BWinter 1372, York: A man has drowned in the River Ouse. It soon becomes clear that his death was not an accident. But why would anyone want to kill a humble river pilot? As the crowds around the murdered man thicken, one-eyed spy Owen Archer is quickly brought to the scene by his adoptive son, Jasper. Renowned for solving many crimes, Owen is immediately drawn into the case. But right from the start he realises that it isn't a simple question of one victim, one suspect.And when a valuable cross goes missing and a woman is badly burnt in mysterious circumstances, the web of deceit widens...

John Thoresby, the Archbishop of York, lies dying. Owen Archer, Thoresby's master of the guards, is one of the few men Thoresby trusts. He is determined to ensure that his lord's last days are as peaceful as possible, but his plans are thrown into disarray when Thoresby agrees to a visit from Joan, Princess of Wales and wife of the Black Prince. Candace Robb is the author of two ongoing mystery series featuring medieval sleuths, the Margaret Kerr Mysteries and the Owen Archer Mysteries .

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. She claims to be the dead nun resurrected. Murder follows swiftly in her wake, and the worried Archbishop of York asks Owen Archer to investigate.

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. Dispatched to York, in disguise, to unravel the mystery, Owen Archer, apprentices himself to the Apothecary. Slowly but surely Owen begins to uncover the truth.

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 Roger in the city.

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. Roger''s sudden disappearance enables Margaret to escape from the city, but she soon suspects that his new-found concern is nothing more than a charade. And then her father returns from Bruges, bringing trouble and discord in his wake. What was it the raiders sought from Margaret''s property? And what of her mother''s visions, which all sides are keen to interpret? Who can Margaret really trust in these troubled times...?

Esta séptima novela de la aclamada serie de misterios medievales protagonizada por Owen Archer nos sitúa a principios del verano de 1371 en Gales, donde el famoso capitán de arqueros y ocasional espía debe supervisar la construcción del mausoleo dedicado a su suegro. Pero, cuando Archer intenta agilizar el trabajo para volver a casa y consolar a su esposa de la pérdida de su padre, tropieza con un viejo conocido, el mercenario Wirthir, quien le propone trabajar para el infame Owain Lawgoch, supuesto Redentor de Gales, deseoso de que su familia escape al control del arzobispo de York. Mientras tanto, Lucie, su mujer y boticaria de York, está descorazonada por la larga ausencia de su marido, y cuando la propiedad de su difunto padre es brutalmente atacada, emplea como mayordomo a un desconocido. ¿Será éste digno de confianza, o formará parte de la lucha política que oculta la niebla de York?

Passionate, brave and fiercely loyal, Margaret Kerr - a young woman estranged from her husband - is determined to play her part in saving Scotland from the hammer of Edward Longshanks - King of England and would-be King of the Scots. And so she travels to Stirling to discover why the informer upon whom the Scottish rebels depend has become unreliable. It is an important and difficult mission, for he who holds Stirling Castle holds Scotland, and with fresh English recruits marching forth, a bloody battle for the castle is imminent. As the Scots prepare to cast off the English yoke once and for all, Margaret soon realises she can trust no one, not even her closest friends. Is she prepared to give her life for her country?

Through the wet spring of 1369 a pilgrimage wends its way to the sacred city of St David's. Owen Archer, ex-soldier and sometime spy, accompanies the party to recruit archers for the Duke of Lancaster, who prepares to fight the French. But he and Geoffrey Chaucer have another, covert, mission.

England 1371: a solemn convoy wends its way into York. William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, is bringing home the remains of Sir Ranulf Pagnell, patriarch of a powerful local family, who has died in France. But the family hold the bishop responsible for Sir Ranulf''s death, and ill feeling surrounds his arrival. An accident in the grounds of York Minster nearly kills the bishop. Then, only a few days after, his townhouse is found ablaze. When the body of a young woman is discovered in the undercroft of the house, scandal threatens to destroy Wykeham. The Archbishop of York, John Thoresby, asks Owen Archer for his help. The one-eyed spy is troubled. Was the fire an accident or arson? Was the woman trapped or the fire started to conceal a corpse? Stationing guards in front of the smouldering remains, he starts to ask questions. When it appears the dead woman was a midwife known to many of the city''s women, including Lucie, Owen''s wife, his quest becomes personal.

Esta séptima novela de la aclamada serie de misterios medievales protagonizada por Owen Archer nos sitúa a principios del verano de 1371 en Gales, donde el famoso capitán de arqueros y ocasional espía debe supervisar la construccion de un mausoleo dedicad

Estamos en 1363. En la catedral de York, dos hombres sin relación alguna, un anónimo peregrino y un influyente noble, acaban de morir en extrañas circunstancias. Sólo tienen un denominador común: ambos tomaron las plantas medicinales que el boticario mayor, Nicholas Wilton, cultiva en su jardin.

Las calles de la inquietante ciudad medieval de York se han llenado de gente de todo el condado para la celebración de Corpus Christi. Dentro de la imponente catedral, un aterrorizado niño de ocho años es testigo de un asesinato. Ante la conmocion suscitada, el arzobispo John Thoresby se ve obligado a resolver el crimen con rapidez para mantener la calma y asi evitar las ira del rey.