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FROM: Lynne Kobayashi <[removed]@lib.state.hi.us>
REC'D: 4/2/01, 7:04 PM

A patron asked about a mystery series set during medieval times featuring
a female apothecary or herbalist. Any ideas? (tried fiction cat and what
mystery do I read next, but didn't come up with anything.)
Lynne Kobayashi

FROM: Diana Tixier Herald <[removed]@wic.net>
REC'D: 4/2/01, 7:15 PM

Would this be the Kathryn Swinbrooke series by C. L. Grace? Listed in
GENREFLECTING under historical mysteries.

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Happy reading,
Di Herald
[removed]@wic.net see the Genrefluent page at http://www.genrefluent.com
Rosenberg's First Law of Reading "Never apologize for your reading tastes."


Lynne Kobayashi wrote:

> A patron asked about a mystery series set during medieval times featuring
> a female apothecary or herbalist. Any ideas? (tried fiction cat and what
> mystery do I read next, but didn't come up with anything.)
> Lynne Kobayashi
>
>

FROM: Thelma Stone <[removed]@fortworthlibrary.org>
REC'D: 4/2/01, 7:15 PM

Candace M. Robb's mystery series with Owen Archer and his wife,
Lucie Walton, an apothecary.

FROM: Susan LaBelle <[removed]@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 4/2/01, 7:46 PM

Kathy Lynn Emerson has written a series of mysteries about Susanna, Lady
Appleton, who is an herbalist. She solves the murders. These stories are
set in Elizabethan times.

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FROM: Kay Kelly <[removed]@acan.net>
REC'D: 4/2/01, 9:00 PM

Could this be books by Judith Merkle Riley , "A vision of light" and "In
pursuit of the green lion"? Main character is a "healer" and they take
place in 14th century but I wouldn't classify as mystery.


At 02:02 PM 4/2/01 -1000, you wrote:
>A patron asked about a mystery series set during medieval times featuring
>a female apothecary or herbalist. Any ideas? (tried fiction cat and what
>mystery do I read next, but didn't come up with anything.)
>Lynne Kobayashi
>
>
>
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Kay Kelly
Reference Librarian
Cottage Hill Branch, Mobile Public Library
5025 Cottage Hill Road
Mobile, AL 36609
email [removed]@acan.net
voice-334-470-7772
fax-334-470-7711
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FROM: Lynne Kobayashi <[removed]@lib.state.hi.us>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 4:14 PM

Our patron agreed that it was Judith Merkle Riley. Thanks to all for your
help. / Lynne Kobayashi

On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Kay Kelly wrote:

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> Could this be books by Judith Merkle Riley , "A vision of light" and "In
> pursuit of the green lion"? Main character is a "healer" and they take
> place in 14th century but I wouldn't classify as mystery.
>
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> At 02:02 PM 4/2/01 -1000, you wrote:
> >A patron asked about a mystery series set during medieval times featuring
> >a female apothecary or herbalist. Any ideas? (tried fiction cat and what
> >mystery do I read next, but didn't come up with anything.)
> >Lynne Kobayashi
> >
> >
> >
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> Kay Kelly
> Reference Librarian
> Cottage Hill Branch, Mobile Public Library
> 5025 Cottage Hill Road
> Mobile, AL 36609
> email [removed]@acan.net
> voice-334-470-7772
> fax-334-470-7711
> http://www.mplonline.org
>
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FROM: "Becky Katzenmeyer" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 9:53 PM

I think your patron is referring to Kathryn Swinbrooke who is an
apothecary in medieval England. The series is by C L Grace (one of the many
incarnations of P C Doherty who is, in turn, someone else). There are four
titles: "A Shrine of Murders," "The Eye of God," "The Merchant of Death,"
and "The Book of Shadows." The most recent title is from 1996.
Another series that might be of interest is set in Elizabethan England
and features Lady Susanna Appleton, a wealthy herbalist who has money of her
own which is managed and used by her husband who is a courtier in
Elizabeth's court. They were written by Kathy Lynn Emerson and each book
starts out with "Face Down..." Emerson is still writing--one of the books
was released less than a year ago.

Becky

>From: Lynne Kobayashi <[removed]@lib.state.hi.us>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: medieval female apothecary
>Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 14:02:20 -1000 (HST)
>
>A patron asked about a mystery series set during medieval times featuring
>a female apothecary or herbalist. Any ideas? (tried fiction cat and what
>mystery do I read next, but didn't come up with anything.)
>Lynne Kobayashi
>
>
>
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>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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