Candace M. Robb

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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1993
  • Latest Book:
    December 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Kate Clifford Novel

1 - The Service of the Dead (May-2016)
2 - A Twisted Vengeance (May-2017)
3 - A Murdered Peace (Dec-2018)

Margaret Kerr of Perth

1 - A Trust Betrayed (Apr-2001)
2 - The Fire in the Flint (Aug-2015)
3 - A Cruel Courtship (Aug-2015)

An Owen Archer Mystery

1 - The Apothecary Rose (Oct-1993)
2 - The Lady Chapel (Oct-1994)
2 - A Choir of Crows (Jul-2020)
3 - The Nun's Tale (Oct-1995)
4 - The King's Bishop (Sep-1996)
5 - The Riddle of St. Leonard's (Sep-1997)
6 - A Gift of Sanctuary (Nov-1998)
7 - A Spy for the Redeemer (May-2002)
8 - The Cross-Legged Knight (Jan-2003)
9 - The Guilt of Innocents (Apr-2008)
10 - A Vigil of Spies (Aug-2015)
10.5 - The Bone Jar (Apr-2016)
11 - A Conspiracy of Wolves (Aug-2019)
12 - The Riverwoman's Dragon (Nov-2021)
13 - A Fox in the Fold (Oct-2022)
14 - A Snake in the Barley (Dec-2024)

Book List in Order: 22 titles

  • The Apothecary Rose

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 1

    ONCE THE KING'S CAPTAIN OF ARCHERS, NOW HE MUST PENETRATE A POISONER'S SECRETS... Christmastide, 1363--and, at an abbey in York, two pilgrims lie nysteriously dead of an herbal remedy. suspicious, the Archbishop =ends for Owen Archer, a Welshman w...

  • The Lady Chapel

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 2

    OWEN ARCHER, THE INTRIGUING WELSH ARCHER-TURNED-SLEUTH IS BACK--IN ANOTHER RIVETTING CHALLENGE! 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...

  • The Nun's Tale

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 3

    Spring 1366, Beverley, England--a ghostly pale young woman claims to be the resurrected Joanna Calverley, a nun who died of a fever some months before. It would be a matter for the Church alone, were it not for the murders that seem to follow in her ...

  • The King's Bishop

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 4

    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 ...

  • The Riddle of St. Leonard's

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 5

    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 i...

  • A Gift of Sanctuary

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 6

    MAYHEM AND MIRACLES IN WALES BECKON OWEN ARCHER BACK TO HIS ROOTS...AND TO A RUTHLESS KILLER. In the wet spring of 1370, a time of political unrest, a murdered man is left outside the gates of St. David's, Wales. Not far away, a wounded stranger, ...

  • A Trust Betrayed

    Margaret Kerr of Perth - 1

    The acclaimed author of the Owen Archer Series “lovingly re-creates medieval Edinburgh” in a novel that introduces Scottish sleuth Margaret Kerr (Publishers Weekly).   In the spring of 1297, the English army controls lowland Scotland and Mar...

  • A Spy for the Redeemer

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 7

    St. David's, Wales, late spring, 1370. After a pilgrimage to the land of his birth, Owen Archer is anxious to go back to York and his herbalist wife Lucie and children. Then death changes his plans: He is called to investigate the strange hanging of ...

  • The Cross-Legged Knight

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 8

    York, England, October of 1371. A series of accidents is making William of Wykeham, bishop of Winchester, more paranoid than usual. Terrified that the family of a wealthy knight wants to assassinate him, he requests the aid of Owen Archer, the master...



  • The Guilt of Innocents

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 9

    Is an innocent act behind a tragedy? Owen Archer investigates when a drowning in the River Ouse leads him on a chilling trail involving a boy's stolen scrip and a valuable golden cross.York, 1372. When river pilot Drogo stole young Hubert's scrip, Hu...

  • A Cruel Courtship

    Margaret Kerr of Perth - 3

    Espionage and intrigue light the fuse of rebellion in medieval Scotland for sleuth Margaret Kerr. “ This is history as it should be told” (Good Book Guide).   In late summer 1297, Margaret Kerr heads to the town of Stirling at the request of...

  • The Fire in the Flint

    Margaret Kerr of Perth - 2

    “Intrigue abounds” in the series starring sleuth Margaret Kerr. “Robb’s captivating blend of history and mystery vividly evokes medieval Scotland” (Booklist).   Scots are gathering in Murdoch Kerr’s Edinburgh tavern, plotting to driv...

  • A Vigil of Spies

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 10

    Will the Archbishop of York's final days be spent in peace? As the race to be his successor gathers pace, Owen must catch a determined killer who dwells among the archbishop's guests at Bishopthorpe Palace.York, 1373: While the Archbishop of York, ...

  • The Bone Jar

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 10.5

    A mystery story about the danger of false miracles and the treachery of true believers, part of the “pleasing medieval series” (Library Journal).  Magda the Riverwoman has called Owen Archer to her island hut in the middle of the River Ouse ...

  • The Service of the Dead

    A Kate Clifford Novel - 1

    Expertly recreating the social and political upheavals of late medieval Europe, Candace Robb introduces a new series starring Kate Clifford, a woman forged on the warring northern marches of fourteenth century England. Political unrest permeates Y...

  • A Twisted Vengeance

    A Kate Clifford Novel - 2

    With the city unsettled and rife with rumors, Eleanor Clifford's abrupt return to York upon the mysterious death of her husband in Strasbourg is met with suspicion in the city. Her daughter Kate is determined to keep her distance, but it will not be ...

  • A Murdered Peace

    A Kate Clifford Novel - 3

    England still in tumult at the start of the fifteenth century, as Kate Clifford finds herself working to prove the innocence of her longtime confidante. It is deep winter in York, 1400, the ground frozen, the short days dimmed with the smoke from ...

  • A Conspiracy of Wolves

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 11

    When a prominent citizen is murdered, former Captain of the Guard Owen Archer is persuaded out of retirement to investigate in this gripping medieval mystery. 1374. When a member of one of York’s most prominent families is found dead in the woods,...

  • A Choir of Crows

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 2

    When two bodies are discovered in the grounds of York Minster shortly before the enthronement of the new archbishop, Owen Archer is summoned to investigate. December, 1374. With the great and the good about to descend on York for the enthronement of ...



  • The Riverwoman's Dragon

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 12

    When the wise woman Magda Digby is suspected of murder, Owen Archer sets out to prove her innocence in this intricately plotted medieval mystery. May, 1375. Owen Archer returns from London to find York in chaos. While the citizens are living in terro...

  • A Fox in the Fold

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 13

    Owen Archer suspects an old adversary is on his tail as he seeks to solve the mystery surrounding a dead body found on the road to York."A standout . . . Robb reinforces her place among the top writers of medieval historicals" - Publishers ...

  • A Snake in the Barley

    An Owen Archer Mystery - 14

    Where is taverner Tom Merchet? Owen Archer unearths a series of troubling secrets and a dangerous foe intent on retribution when his good friend goes missing."A standout . . . Robb reinforces her place among the top writers of medieval historicals" -...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Candace M. Robb has published 22 books.

The next book by Candace M. Robb, A Snake in the Barley, will be published in December 2024.

The first book by Candace M. Robb, The Apothecary Rose, was published in October 1993.

Yes. Candace M. Robb has 3 series.
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