Alys Clare
A Rustle of Silk: A Gabriel Taverner Mystery
Queen Elizabeth has just died, and Gabriel Taverner, former naval surgeon, hangs out his shingle on land in rural Devon.…
The Night Wanderer
In this seventh Aelf Fen mystery, apprentice healer Lassair, an 11th-century young woman from a Fen village, has just returned…
A Shadowed Evil
England, 1212. In this 16th Hawkenlye mystery, Josse and Helewise are visiting his mother’s ancestral home, Southfire Hall. Uncle Hugh…
Blood of the South
In this sixth book of the 11th-century Aelf Fen series, apprentice healer Lassair meets a mysterious, veiled woman on the…
The Winter King: A Hawkenlye Mystery
England in 1211 is a dangerous place in more ways than one. When a baron who was close to King…
Land of the Silver Dragon: An Aelf Fen Mystery
Set in the English fen country during the reign of William Rufus, Land of the Silver Dragon can’t decide what…
The Song of the Nightingale
In the winter of 1211, England lies under the double burden of lean times and the interdict laid on the…
The Rose of the World (A Hawkenlye Mystery)
In 13th-century England, we find a former abbess, Helewise, who has renounced her vows, deserted the nunnery, and is living…
Music of the Distant Stars
Alys Clare’s Aelf Fen novels are set in East Anglia during the reign of William II (1087-1100). It’s a land…
The Joys of my Life
This is the latest and last of the Hawkenlye mysteries, based at the fictitious Hawkenlye Abbey in the Weald of…
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