A grove of huge oak trees in the Wealden forest is felled. And, as if some ancient curse is being unleashed, the man who wielded the axe meets with a violent end. Abbess Helewise teams up with Josse
London, 1880. “I’m dreadfully afraid someone is threatening to kill my wife …” When accounts clerk Ernest Stibbins approaches the World’s End investigation bureau with wild claims that his wife Albe
The new ‘Lassair’ Aelf Fen historical mystery - Come to me! I need you! These words bring apprentice healer Lassair awake one morning in the spring of 1092, trembling with terror.
The second in a brand-new medieval mystery series from the author of the popular ‘Hawkenlye’ series - On Ely Island, the Normans are proclaiming their authority with the construction of a magnificent
The second in a brand-new medieval mystery series from the author of the popular ‘Hawkenlye’ series - On Ely Island, the Normans are proclaiming their authority with the construction of
The second in a brand-new medieval mystery series from the author of the popular ‘Hawkenlye’ series - On Ely Island, the Normans are proclaiming their authority with the construction of a magnificent
Sir Josse d’Aquin is summoned to assist the beleaguered King John in the 17th – and final – Hawkenlye mystery.September, 1216. A foreign army has invaded England. The country is divided. Some support
Sir Josse d’Aquin is summoned to assist the beleaguered King John in the 17th – and final – Hawkenlye mystery.September, 1216. A foreign army has invaded England. The country is divided. Some support
"Clare has carefully researched the period she is writing about and offers authentic, engaging historical detail, but her real gift is as a superb storyteller whose clever, twisty plots; believable ch
Attempting to establish himself as a physician in 1603 Devon, former ship's surgeon Gabriel Taverner is called to examine a body found beside the river and discovers the death may be linked to darker
Sir Josse d’Aquin is summoned to assist the beleaguered King John in the 17th – and final – Hawkenlye mystery.September, 1216. A foreign army has invaded England. The country is divided. Some support
February, 1212.Sir Josse d’Acquin and Helewise are summoned to Southfire Hall, where Josse’s elderly uncle, Hugh, lies dying, surrounded by his children. But the pair soon discovers that Hugh’s ill he
February, 1212.Sir Josse d’Acquin and Helewise are summoned to Southfire Hall, where Josse’s elderly uncle, Hugh, lies dying, surrounded by his children. But the pair soon discovers that Hugh’s ill he
February, 1212.Sir Josse d’Acquin and Helewise are summoned to Southfire Hall, where Josse’s elderly uncle, Hugh, lies dying, surrounded by his children. But the pair soon discovers that Hugh’s ill he
On All Saint's Eve, 1211, an overweight but wealthy nobleman, desperate for an heir, dies at the celebration feast he,s thrown in his own hall, and apothecary Sabin de Gifford is called in to investig
The new novel in the ever-popular ‘Hawkenlye’ series - Autumn, 1210. A year ago, King John was excommunicated – and now his men have come to Hawkenlye Abbey to take it over. Abbess Caliste, Helewise’s
The new ‘Lassair’ mystery from the author of the ‘Hawkenlye’ books - Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a yo
The new novel in the ever-popular ‘Hawkenlye’ series - Autumn, 1210. A year ago, King John was excommunicated – and now his men have come to Hawkenlye Abbey to take it over. Abbess Caliste, Helewise’s
The new ‘Lassair’ mystery from the author of the ‘Hawkenlye’ books - Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a yo
The new novel in the ever-popular ‘Hawkenlye’ series - Autumn, 1210. A year ago, King John was excommunicated – and now his men have come to Hawkenlye Abbey to take it ov
The new ‘Lassair’ mystery from the author of the ‘Hawkenlye’ books - Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and d
A brand new medieval mystery from the author of the Hawkenlye series - England, 1087. On her sister's wedding day, Lassair meets an attractive and enigmatic stranger who brings a breath of the fascina
The new novel in the popular Hawkenlye series - Autumn 1196. A secretive stranger arrives at New Winnowlands, and Sir Josse dAcquin guesses that he is a returning Crusader. Josse seeks the assistance
A secretive stranger arrives at New Winnowlands, and Sir Josse d'Acquin guesses that he is a returning Crusader. But then the various demons that are on the man's trail begin to turn up, and Josse re
It is midsummer 1195. An impoverished man claims to have discovered Merlin’s tomb and builds a hostel for pilgrims while spreading the word that his find is a place of miracles. This blasphemou
The new novel in the popular Hawkenlye series - Autumn 1196. A secretive stranger arrives at New Winnowlands, and Sir Josse dAcquin guesses that he is a returning Crusader. Josse seeks the assistance
Abbess Helewise is struggling to keep the Abbey going through a brutal winter,and inthe midst of this hardship, her son returns after20 years in desperate need of help. Then a man i
A man from London has taken over the tavern on the main London to Hastings highway to the south of Tonbridge. He is not what he appears, and his arrival ushers in a sequence of apparently unrelated b
The serenity of Hawkenlye Abbey has been disturbed by the arrival of a new nun and her two young sisters. Recently orphaned, Alba has left her convent in Ely to take her grieving sisters from the sce
The young, beautiful Galena and her husband, the much older Ambrose are trying for a child but to no avail. When Josse d'Acquin tells her of the healing waters of Hawkenlye, she is overjoyed and sets
Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner uncovers dark secrets in his small Devon village in the second of this intriguing historical mystery series. June, 1604. When the emaciated body of a vagrant is f
Apprentice healer Lassair heads on a perilous journey north in the absorbing new Aelf Fen medieval mystery.October, 1093. Two young men have been brutally beaten to death; a third viciously attacked.
Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner uncovers dark secrets in his small Devon village in the second of this intriguing historical mystery series. June, 1604. When the emaciated body of a vagrant is f
Apprentice healer Lassair heads on a perilous journey north in the absorbing new Aelf Fen medieval mystery.October, 1093. Two young men have been brutally beaten to death; a third viciously attacked.
Introducing physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner in the first of an intriguing series of mysteries set in early 17th century Devon. 1603. Former ship’s surgeon Gabriel Taverner is attempting to re-est
Apprentice healer Lassair isn’t too alarmed when a travelling peddler relates a grisly tale of a red-bearded giant breaking into a woman’s home and caving in her skull like an eggshell; peddlers, she
Apprentice healer Lassair encounters a mysterious veiled noblewoman who brings unexpected perilWhen Lassair encounters a veiled noblewoman on the quay at Cambridge one morning, set on by an angry mob,
Apprentice healer Lassair encounters a mysterious veiled noblewoman who brings unexpected perilWhen Lassair encounters a veiled noblewoman on the quay at Cambridge one morning, set on by an angry mob,
All Saint’s Eve, 1211. An overweight but wealthy nobleman, desperate for an heir, dies at a celebration feast. The death seems natural, but healer Sabin is beset by doubts. There is only one person Sa
All Saint’s Eve, 1211. An overweight but wealthy nobleman, desperate for an heir, dies at a celebration feast. The death seems natural, but healer Sabin is beset by doubts. There is only one person Sa