A Fox in the Fold - An Owen Archer Mystery

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 Weekly Starred Review

October, 1376. Owen Archer is summoned by sheriff Sir Ralph Hastings regarding a stripped and bloodied body discovered on the road north to York. Could it be connected to an attack on a carter and his labourers who were transporting stone destined for St Clement's Priory? The carter fled, but his men stayed to fight and are now missing. Is the victim one of them?

At first Owen believes the catalyst for murder and menace in York is the arrival of the political pariah William Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. But he soon suspects that a formidable and skillful adversary from his past has arrived in the city, thrusting him and his family into grave danger, and his investigation becomes a race to uncover the truth before his old nemesis destroys all he holds dear.

About the author

Candace Robb has read and researched medieval history for many years, having studied for a Ph.D. in Medieval & Anglo-Saxon Literature. She divides her time between Seattle and the UK, frequently visiting York to research the series. She is the author of eleven previous Owen Archer mysteries and three Kate Clifford medieval mysteries.

Product details

• Authors: Candace Robb, Robb Candace
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.04.2023
• EAN: 9781448309771
• ISBN: 978-1-4483-0977-1
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 218 mm x 20 mm
• Series: An Owen Archer mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; York, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, Yorkshire, FICTION / Historical / Medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Historical crime and mysteries, 14th century, c 1300 to c 1399