Set in fifteenth-century England during the battle between the York and Plantagenet families, the story begins when nineteen-year-old Roger, a Benedictine monk and peddler, is hired by a local alderman to investigate his son's disappearance

Death and the Chapman

SEDLEY, Kate

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Collins Crime Club

Protecting a royal messenger who carries a crucial secret  letter, Roger the Chapman begins a two days of dangerous adventure, and  realizes that he must learn his companion's past if they are to  survive. Reprint.

The Plymouth Cloak

Collins

In fifteenth-century England, a nineteen-year-old itinerant peddler named Roger the Chapman investigates the disappearance of an alderman's son and embarks on an adventure that takes him from country roads to grand mansions. Reprint.

Death and the Chapman (Medieval Mystery)

Mystery

Harpercollins

Protecting a royal messenger who carries a crucial secret letter, Roger the Chapman begins a two days of dangerous adventure, and realizes that he must learn his companion's past if they are to survive. Reprint.

The Plymouth Cloak: The Second Tale of Roger the Chapman

When the disreputable brother of a respected nobleman is hanged for murdering a man who later turns up alive, Roger, a fifteenth-century English peddler, senses foul play among the gentry. Reprint.

The Weaver's Tale: The Third Tale of Roger the Chapman

The Holy Innocents

Upon his arrival at the village of Totnes, peddler-cum-sleuth Roger the Chapman hears of a band of outlaws who allegedly murdered two missing children, but he must use his detective talent to find the real killers, while fighting to save his own life. Reprint.

Set in fifteenth-century England during the battle between the York and Plantagenet families, the story begins when nineteen-year-old Roger, a Benedictine monk and peddler, is hired by a local alderman to investigate his son's disappearance

Literature & Fiction

St Martins Pr

Medieval sleuth Roger the Chapman is called into the service of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to embark on a mysterious mission that could change the future of England.

New Year's 1474 finds Roger the Chapman collapsed with fever after wandering the roads of Western England peddling his wares amidst December's snow and freezing rain. Sheer exhaustion forces him to rest in the home of the widow Margaret Walker and her daughter, Lillis, in the ancient trading port of Bristol. Roger awakens, weakened but on the road to recovery, to find himself in the middle of yet another mystery. His kind hostesses, who have nursed him gently back to health, will not hear of him leaving the comfort of their modest cottage until spring. But Roger's keen senses soon detect the shadow of tragedy looming over the house: The two women seem mistrusted by villagers and uneasy even at home. Coaxing the story from them, he learns that Margaret's father vanished last year, and was presumed dead. A man was hanged for his murder, but not two months later the old man wandered back into town, unable to account for his disappearance. Prompted either by his own grateful (and restless) nature or by the importance of keeping busy under the amorous eyes of Lillis, Roger vows to root out the evil at work in the Walker home. He puts his God-given talent for solving mysteries to good use, once more unravelling the complex web before him: a town plagued by secret allegiances and rivalries among its merchants, churchmen, and ruling family.

The Weaver's Tale

It is a shadowy early morning in April 1475 - Hock Monday, two weeks and a day past Easter. There's spring in the air and in Roger's step as he approaches the thriving village of Totnes. But Roger also senses danger in the air: A pack of cutthroats wanders the forest after a night of stealing and pillaging in the surrounding villages, and Roger barely manages to hide from them in the brush. Arriving in Totnes, he learns that the marauding band has been terrorizing the countryside for weeks, stealing livestock, taking money and goods from travelers, and raiding cottages. And worse, although there is no proof, they are believed to be responsible for the disappearance of two village children. The entire town is devastated and paralyzed by fear. Roger, playfully "hocked" by a group of women, then rescued and let go with only a kiss apiece as his ransom, stays in the village for a few days' rest. Hearing the tale of the missing children from his handsome rescuer, Grizelda Harbourne, who was also the two children's nurse, Roger gets caught up in their story. But his God-given mind for mysteries, and his heightened sense of danger, are baffled: How did the children get out of the house unnoticed in broad daylight? Why did they leave, and where did they go? Would the outlaws really kill just for the sake of killing? Roger cannot rest - or rule out the possibility of more violence - until he solves the puzzle.

The Holy Innocents (4th in the Roger the Chapman Series)

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Death and the Chapman

The Plymouth Cloak

Death and the Chapman (Medieval Mystery)

The Plymouth Cloak: The Second Tale of Roger the Chapman

The Weaver's Tale: The Third Tale of Roger the Chapman

The Holy Innocents

Death and the Chapman

The Plymouth Cloak: The Second Tale of Roger the Chapman

The Weaver's Tale

The Holy Innocents (4th in the Roger the Chapman Series)