Alys Clare


Alys Clare is a pseudonym of Elizabeth Harris, author of English historical whodunnit novels primarily set in medieval times, featuring the characters of Abbess Helewise and Josse d'Acquin. Brought up in the countryside close to where the Hawkenlye Novels are set, she went to school in Tonbridge and later studied English at the University of Keele. She has also published books as Elizabeth Harris.

Hawkenlye mysteries

Set in 12th-century England and featuring would-be detectives Josse d'Acquin and the Abbess of Hawkenlye, published by Hodder & Stoughton and Severn House.
  1. Fortune Like the Moon
  2. Ashes of the Elements
  3. The Tavern in the Morning
  4. The Chatter of the Maidens
  5. The Faithful Dead
  6. A Dark Night Hidden
  7. Whiter Than the Lily
  8. Girl in a Red Tunic
  9. Heart of Ice
  10. The Enchanter's Forest
  11. The Paths of the Air
  12. The Joys of My Life
  13. The Rose of the World
  14. The Song of the Nightingale
  15. The Winter King
  16. A Shadowed Evil
  17. ''The Devil's Cup''

Aelf Fen mysteries

Set in 11th-century England and featuring the healer Lassair, published by Severn House.
  1. Out of the Dawn Light
  2. Mist Over the Water
  3. Music of the Distant Stars
  4. The Way Between the Worlds
  5. Land of the Silver Dragon
  6. Blood of the South
  7. The Night Wanderer
  8. The Rufus Spy
  9. City of Pearl
  10. ''The Lammas Wild''

Gabriel Taverner mysteries

Set in Stuart England featuring physician Dr Gabriel Taverner
  1. A Rustle of Silk
  2. The Angel in the Glass
  3. The Indigo Ghosts
  4. Magic in the Weave
  5. The Cargo from Neira
  6. ''The Chrysanthemum Tiger''

World's End Bureau mysteries

Set in Victorian England
  1. The Woman Who Spoke to Spirits
  2. The Outcast Girls
  3. The Man in the Shadows
  4. ''The Stranger in the Asylum''

Other novels

  • The Herb Gatherers
  • The Egyptian Years
  • The Sun Worshippers
  • Time of the Wolf
  • The Quiet Earth
  • The Sacrifice Stone
  • ''The Twilight Child''