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The Mansions of Murder

Availability: Out of Stock
ISBN: 9781780295824
AuthorDoherty, Paul
Pub Date28/12/2018
BindingTrade PB
Pages240
CountryGBR
Dewey823.92
SeriesA Brother Athelstan Mystery
Publisher: Canongate Books
Quick overview May, 1381. The Great Revolt draws nearer. The Upright Men roam the streets of London, waiting for violence to begin. Their mysterious envoy, the Herald of Hell, appears at night, terrifying those who oppose them. But who is he? When his chancery clerk is found hanged in a Southwark brothel, Brother Athelstan is summoned to investigate.
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October, 1381. Brother Athelstan is summoned to Queenhithe to investigate the murder of a priest found stabbed to death inside his own locked church. He also discovers 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 to the most feared gangleader in London?

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October, 1381. Brother Athelstan is summoned to Queenhithe to investigate the murder of a priest found stabbed to death inside his own locked church. He also discovers 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 to the most feared gangleader in London?