The Mansions of Murder - (Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery) by Paul Doherty (Paperback)

About the Book

Brother Athelstan is summoned to Queenhithe to investigate the murder of a priest who 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 - and steal treasure belonging to the most feared gangleader in London?

Book Synopsis

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? 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?

Meanwhile, the death of one of Athelstan's parishioners reveals a shocking secret. Could there be a connection to the murdered priest of St Benet's?

Athelstan's investigations will lure him into the dark and dangerous world of the gangmaster known as The Flesher, whose influence has a frighteningly long reach ...

Review Quotes

"A clever mystery neatly woven into a historically accurate rendering of life in a truly hellish London"-- "Kirkus Reviews"

"Doherty enhances the whodunit plot with the violent politics of the time"-- "Publishers Weekly"

"Doherty keeps readers guessing and the pages turning with yet another intricately plotted whodunit steeped in history"-- "Booklist"