Synopses & Reviews
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...
Review
"Absorbing...An engrossing puzzle."--
Publishers Weekly"Well-crafted and interesting...An altogether enjoyable process."-- Chicago Tribune
"An engrossing historical mystery."-- Seattle Times
About the Author
Candace M. Robb, author of
The Apothecary Rose,
The Lady Chapel,
The Nun's Tale,
The King's Bishop,
The Riddle of St. Leonard's , and
A Gift of Sanctuary, lives with her family in Seattle, Washington, and makes frequent trips to England to research her novels. She writes full-time.