Susanna Gregory

Identifying the murderer of the Chancellor of the university is not the only challenge facing physician Matthew Bartholomew....

Rumours of plague threaten Cambridge again, 10 years after the Black Death had almost laid waste to the town....

At Michaelhouse, Matthew Bartholomew is training new physicians when the body of a friar is found in the massive chest that the university uses to store precious documents....

In 1358, over a century after its foundation in Cambridge, the college of Michael House is facing a serious shortfall of funds and competition from upstarts rivals....

Cambridge University is in dire financial straits: the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels....

When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the college is accused of foul play....

The fourth chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew continues the adventures of the 14th-century Cambridge physician when he is called to attend to two deaths from poisoned wine....

London in the spring of 1665 is a city full of fear....

It is drawing near to the end of term, and the University at Cambridge is in turmoil over the opening of a new common library....

By January 1666 the plague has almost disappeared from London, leaving its surviving population diminished and in poverty....