1. A Shrine of Murders
In fifteenth-century Canterbury, physician Kathryn Swinbrooke is asked to help investigate a series of killings whose pattern suggests that the murderer may possess medical knowledge. The suspicion places respected practitioners under scrutiny and forces Kathryn to work within a professional world whose members are not accustomed…
2. The Eye of God
A missing royal relic and a shocking murder draw Kathryn into dangerous climes... Kathryn Swinbrooke pits her wits against enemies of the crown in, The Eye of God, the second of in Hobb. As the bloody confusion of the War of the Roses rages through 15th-century…
3. The Merchant of Death
A disturbing murder unearths more questions than answers...Kathryn Swinbrooke returns for the third time in The Merchant of Death, in his room at the Wicker Man tavern, and the King's monies have been stolen. Kathryn quickly determines that the collector was murdered, perhaps by poison, and…
4. The Book of Shadows
Canterbury, 1471. Edward IV has regained the English throne, and the instability of the Wars of the Roses has created fertile ground for blackmail. Among the most feared practitioners is Tenebrae, a self-styled magus who possesses the Book of Shadows, a collection of secrets and occult…
5. Saintly Murders
Canterbury, 1472. Physician and apothecary Kathryn Swinbrooke is appointed Advocatus Diaboli to examine claims that the recently dead friar Roger Atworth deserves beatification. Reports of miracles have gathered around his body, but Kathryn’s questions soon suggest that the circumstances of Atworth’s death are less holy than…
6. A Maze of Murders
in Hobb.A violent past haunts Sir Walter Maltravers of Ingoldby Hall in Canterbury. Decades before the War of the Roses, he served in the fanatical bodyguard of Constantine XI Palaeologus, the last Byzantine emperor. But instead of defending the emperor to his death, Maltravers fled, taking…
7. A Feast of Poisons
In the Kent village of Walmer, blacksmith Elias and his wife Isabella die on the same day from two different poisons. Their violent marriage and separate affairs provide no shortage of suspects, but the circumstances are too carefully arranged for Kathryn Swinbrooke to accept the obvious…