Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan
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The nightingale gallery: being the first of the sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 1
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Red Slayer: being the second of the sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 2
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Murder most holy , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 3
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The anger of God , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 4
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By murder's bright light: the sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 5
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The house of Crows , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 6
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The assassin's riddle , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 7
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The devil's domain , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 8
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The field of blood , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 9
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The house of shadows , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 10
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The Straw Men , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 12
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Candle flame , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 13
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Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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February, 1381. A ruthless killer known as the Ignifer--Fire Bringer--is rampaging through London, bringing agonising death and destruction in his wake. He appears to be targeting all those involved in the recent trial and conviction of the beautiful Lady Isolda Beaumont, burned at the stake for the murder of her husband. As the late Sir Walter Beaumont was a close friend of the Regent, John of Gaunt orders Sir John Cranston and Brother Athelstan...
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Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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May, 1381. The Great Revolt draws ever nearer. The Upright Men openly roam the streets of London, waiting for the violence to begin. Their mysterious envoy, the Herald of Hell, appears at night all over the city, striking terror into the hearts of those who oppose them. But who is he? When his chancery clerk is found hanged in a notorious Southwark brothel, the ruthless Thibault, John of Gaunt's Master of Secrets, summons Brother Athelstan to investigate....
16) The Great revolt
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Crème de la Crime
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2016.
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English
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Sleuthing monk Brother Athelstan discovers that past crimes can cause new murder in the latest intriguing medieval mystery. June, 1381. The rebel armies are massed outside London, determined to overturn both Crown and Church. The Regent, John of Gaunt, has headed north, leaving his nephew, the boy-king Richard II, unprotected. Brother Athelstan meanwhile has been summoned to the monastery at Blackfriars, tasked with solving the murder of his fellow...
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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July, 1381. The Great Revolt has been crushed; the king's peace ruthlessly enforced. Brother Athelstan meanwhile is preparing for a pilgrimage to St Thomas à Becket's shrine in Canterbury to give thanks for the wellbeing of his congregation after the violent rebellion. But preparations are disrupted when Athelstan is summoned to a modest house in Cheapside, scene of a brutal triple murder. One of the victims was the chief clerk of the Secret Chancery...
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Creme De La Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"October, 1381. Brother Athelstan is summoned to the church of St. Benet's in Queenhithe to investigate the murder of a priest. Parson Reynaud has been found stabbed to death inside his own locked church. Other disturbing discoveries include an empty coffin and a ransacked money chest. Who would commit murder inside a holy church? Who would spirit away a corpse the night before the funeral -- and who would be brave enough to steal treasure belonging...
19) The godless
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Crème De La Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"November, 1381. London has been rocked by a series of bizarre and brutal murders. The corpses of a number of prostitutes have been discovered, their throats slit, their bodies stripped; in each case, a blood-red wig has been placed on their heads. At the same time, a mysterious explosion rips through a royal war cog bound for Calais, killing all on board. Could there be a connection? Summoned to assist in the investigations by Sir John Cranston,...
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Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"A series of grisly deaths are linked to the sacred Stone of Scone in this compelling medieval mystery featuring friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan. This abbey is a strange place, Brother Athelstan. A hall of ghosts, a place of flitting shadows. The dead throng here. I can hear them whispering as they ride the air. During the harsh winter of 1381 murder stalks the streets of London in all its grisly forms. The city's prostitutes are falling prey to a...
21) The hanging tree
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Severn House, an imprint of Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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London. January, 1382. The Crown's treasury has been robbed. Tens of thousands of silver and gold coin mysteriously lifted from the most secure chamber in the kingdom; the five Clerks of the Dark who guarded the king's treasure brutally garrotted. Sir John Cranston and Brother Athelstan are appointed to investigate - but Athelstan has problems of his own. Clement the Key Master, who helped fashion the complex locks to the royal treasure chamber, has...
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"London. March, 1382. Deep in the shadows, a clandestine organization known as the Secret Chancery operates under the sinister leadership of John of Gaunt's Master of Secrets. When two clerks from this covert group meet their demise in suspicious circumstances, friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan is urgently summoned to unravel the truth behind their deaths. A puzzling question lies at the heart of the investigation: how did the killer manage to navigate...