Candace Robb

In 1363, when people start dying in strange circumstances the common link seems to be herbal remedies dispensed by Nicholas Wilton. Owen Archer is sent to York to solve the mystery.

In 1297 Margaret Kerr is living in Edinburgh and searching for her long-absent husband, Roger. A murder on the Kerr property brings the wrath of the English down on Margaret and her uncle. The sudden re-appearance of Roger gives Margaret the opportunity to escape Edinburgh, but what is his motive for coming back to her?

One-eyed spy, Owen Archer, investigates a drowning in the River Ouse in York, in the winter of 1372, while his wife Lucie awaits the birth of their third child. When a second body is found in the river, Owen, and his adoptive son Jasper, find their own lives in danger.

In the summer of 1365 a man is murdered in the shadow of York Minster. Owen Archer is asked to investigate but soon finds himself ensnared in a plot devised by very powerful masters.

In 1366, a year after the death of a young nun, a woman appears and claims to be the nun resurrected. When murder follows in her wake, Owen Archer is sent to investigate.

In 1369 there are a spate of deaths at St Leonard's Hospital, York. When rumours circulate that the deaths are suspicious Sir Richard de Ravenser, Master of the Hospital, seeks assistance from Owen Archer.

Margaret Kerr's husband, Roger, has been missing since Martinmas, and now his cousin, Jack has been found dead in Edinburgh. Margaret wants to know the truth about these happenings, but her questions expose secrets and dangerous loyalties, and she realises how little she knew of Roger or Jack.