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Brother Athelstan

The Mansions of Murder

Paul Doherty

Unabridged 9781407976242
9 hours 24 minutes
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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 to the most feared gangleader in London? 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…
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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 to the most feared gangleader in London? 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…
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09/01/2019

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