Description
| Product ID: | 9781780295824 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | A Brother Athelstan Mystery |
| Title: | The Mansions of Murder |
| Authors: | Author: Paul Doherty |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Historical crime and mysteries, Historical mysteries, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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? |
| Imprint Name: | Severn House |
| Publisher Name: | Canongate Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-12-28 |
