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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11) Bloodstone
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Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 11
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A strange and ominous artifact could hold the key to everything...
December, 1380. When the corpse of Sir Robert Kilverby is discovered in a locked room, Brother Athelstan accompanies the King's coroner to investigate.
Sir Robert had in his possession a priceless relic, a sacred bloodstone, which has now disappeared. Did Sir Robert die of natural causes or was he murdered?
Athelstan is sceptical of rumours of a curse hanging over Sir Robert, but...
12) The Straw Men
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Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 12
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"Medieval mystery fans have cause for rejoicing with the return of Brother Athelstan" Booklist on Bloodstone
January, 1381.As guests of the Regent, John of Gaunt, Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston have been attending a mystery play performed by the Straw Men, Gaunt's personal acting troupe, in St John's Chapel in the Tower of London when the evening's entertainment is rudely interrupted by sudden, violent death. Who...
January, 1381.As guests of the Regent, John of Gaunt, Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston have been attending a mystery play performed by the Straw Men, Gaunt's personal acting troupe, in St John's Chapel in the Tower of London when the evening's entertainment is rudely interrupted by sudden, violent death. Who...
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Candle flame , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 13
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Crème de la Crime
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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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The Herald of Hell: a Brother Athelstan novel of medieval London , Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 15
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16) The great revolt
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Crème de la Crime
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Summoned to the monastery at Blackfriars to investigate the murder of a fellow priest, Brother Athelstan learns that there may be a connection with the murder of the king's great-grandfather, Edward II, more than fifty years earlier.
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Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 17
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Even angels have devils inside of them...
Summer, 1381. The Great Revolt has been crushed, the king's peace ruthlessly enforced. Brother Athelstan meanwhile is preparing for a pilgrimage to St Thomas Becket's shrine in Canterbury to give thanks for the wellbeing of his congregation.
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...
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Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 18
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A murdered priest, a missing body, stolen treasure: Brother Athelstan tackles his most challenging investigation to date. 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?...
19) The Godless
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Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 19
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Past crimes lead to new murder in the latest gripping Brother Athelstan mystery, set in 14th century London.
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...
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Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 20
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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...
21) The Hanging tree
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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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Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 22
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Spies, secrets and suspicious circumstances: Friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan races against time to solve impossible crimes and uncover a traitor in this gripping historical mystery set in medieval London.
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...