The Riddle Of St. Leonards

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and the plague handbooks, she tried to get a sense of how the people fought to
survive with the horror of the plague. She also had some help from a friend who
was an expert on St. Leonard’s Hospital. Her name was P. H. Cullum, she was
very educated in the studies of medieval hospitals. This was beneficial to
Ms.Robb, especially when writing The Riddle of St. Leonard’s.
The main character of The Riddle of St. Leonard’s is Owen Archer. Owen
is an ex-soldier, who is now a spy for the Archbishop of York and for sometime
Lord Chancellor of England, John Thoresbry. Owen is assisted in his sleuthing by
a group of York residents who include his wife, the apothecary Lucie, and Bess
Merchet, owner of the York Tavern. There is also Magda Digby who is a
midwife. She is called the Riverwoman and goes with Owen on his missions to
solve crimes. Honoria de Staines is also a main character in this story and she is
thought to play a big part in these crimes.
This story takes ...

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relatives, but she refused. Alisoun was instead sent to St. Leonard’s, where lay
sister Anneys presented another mystery for Owen and his crew to solve. Stolen
items were involved and everything and everyone was mixed up in this riddle.
Then there was a rumor about illegal scandals having to do with Honoria de
Staines. She was once a woman of the street, now a lay sister being trained as a
nurse. She refused to speak about anything that she knew of, and in return was
locked up. Owen and the others tried to get her to talk, but she still withheld
information. With help from tavern keeper Bess Merchet, and from witch like
Magda Digby, Owen eventually found the answers to these ...

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