Candace Robb

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born

January 01, 1950 in The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://www.candacerobb.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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AKA Emma Campion
Candace Robb is an English historical novelist, with works centered around the Medieval Age. She has also written under the pen name Emma Campion. Robb has read and researched medieval history for many years, having studied for a Ph.D. in Medieval and Anglo-Saxon literature. She divides her time between Seattle and the UK, frequently spending time in Scotland and York to research her books. She is the author of two ongoing mystery series featuring medieval sleuths, the Margaret Kerr Mysteries and the Owen Archer Mysteries.

The setting for the latest in the Owen Archer Series, Guilt of Innocents, , is Winter 1372, York. A man has drowned in the River Ouse after a skirmish with boys from St Peter's School. It soon becomes clear...more AKA Emma Campion
Candace Robb is an English historical novelist, with works centered around the Medieval Age. She has also written under the pen name Emma Campion. Robb has read and researched medieval history for many years, having studied for a Ph.D. in Medieval and Anglo-Saxon literature. She divides her time between Seattle and the UK, frequently spending time in Scotland and York to research her books. She is the author of two ongoing mystery series featuring medieval sleuths, the Margaret Kerr Mysteries and the Owen Archer Mysteries.

The setting for the latest in the Owen Archer Series, Guilt of Innocents, , is Winter 1372, York. A man has drowned in the River Ouse after a skirmish with boys from St Peter's School. It soon becomes clear that his death was not an accident; but why would a humble pilot on the river be killed for possessing a young boy's purse? Suspicion falls on Father Nicholas Ferriby-Vicar of Weston and master of a small grammar school, who has already offended many with his unpopular beliefs. But is he really a murderer? One-eyed spy, Owen Archer, Captain of Archbishop Thoresby's guard and noted for solving many crimes, is quickly brought to the scene by his adoptive son, Jasper. Clear that the pilot has been killed for more than a purse, an increasingly cantankerous Thoresby reluctantly agrees to let Owen investigate the man's murder. Torn between solving the crime and looking after his wife, Lucie, who is expecting their long-awaited third child, Owen is soon taken away from home. When another body is found in the river and Owen and Jasper get nearer to the truth, they find their own lives in jeopardy...
The Owen Archer mysteries ( The Apothecary Rose, The Lady Chapel, The Nun's Tale, The King's Bishop, The Riddle of St. Leonard's, A Gift of Sanctuary, A Spy for the Redeemer, The Cross Legged Knight, The Guilt of Innocents and the short story "The Bone Jar" ) are set in England in the late 14th century. Owen Archer is a spy for John Thoresby, Archbishop of York and sometime Lord Chancellor of England. Owen is ably assisted in his sleuthing by an ensemble of York residents who include his wife, the Apothecary Lucie Wilton; Bess Merchet, proprietor of the York Tavern; Magda Digby, midwife; and Brother Michaelo, the Archbishop's secretary. There are more Owen Archer mysteries to come...(less)

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Books by Candace Robb

Average rating: 3.86 · 2,243 ratings · 108 reviews · 13 distinct works

	The Apothecary Rose (Owen Archer, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions	My rating:
	A Gift Of Sanctuary (Owen Archer, #6) 3.92 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Lady Chapel (Owen Archer, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 242 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Nun's Tale (Owen Archer, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The King's Bishop (Owen Archer, #4) 3.84 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1959 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Riddle of St. Leonard's (Owen Archer, #5) 3.97 avg rating — 177 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	A Spy for the Redeemer (Owen Archer, #7) 3.94 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Cross-Legged Knight (Owen Archer, #8) 3.88 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	My rating:
	A Trust Betrayed 3.54 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	My rating:
	A Vigil of Spies (Owen Archer, #10) 3.90 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Series by Candace Robb

Owen Archer (10 books)
by Candace Robb

3.88 avg rating — 2,073 ratings

Margaret Kerr (2 books)
by Candace Robb

3.60 avg rating — 178 ratings

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