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The Hanging Tree

Paul Doherty

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Severn House
31 January 2023
"Brother Athelstan must solve a theft from the royal treasure chamber and the murders of six executioners in this gripping medieval mystery.

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 been found strangled in the nave of Athelstan's parish, St Erconwald's church.

At the same time, six of the city's hangmen have been savagely murdered, their bodies stripped. Pinned to each corpse is a scrawled note: ""Vengeance! The Upright Men never forget!"" The Guild of Hangmen who frequent the majestic tavern, The Hanging Tree, on the River Thames, have petitioned for Sir John and Brother Athelstan to find the culprit. But have the sleuthing pair taken on more than they can handle . . . and could the two investigations be connected?"

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Imprint:   Severn House
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Main
Volume:   21
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   305g
ISBN:   9781448308958
ISBN 10:   144830895X
Series:   A Brother Athelstan Mystery
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Paul Doherty studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and is now a head teacher in Essex. He is the author of more than eighty historical mysteries including the Brother Athelstan, Hugh Corbett and Canterbury Tales medieval mystery series.

Reviews for The Hanging Tree

A tortuous, fascinating historical mystery whose finely honed descriptions are not for the faint of heart-- Kirkus Reviews on The Stone of Destiny Doherty displays exceptional narrative flair as he brings the often-squalid sights, sounds and smells of medieval London to life in another artfully crafted and plotted historical mystery-- Booklist on The Godless Hair-raising descriptions of life in the Middle Ages enhance a challenging puzzle-- Kirkus Reviews Outstanding . . . Doherty keeps the action brisk, the crimes baffling and the deductions and solution fair-- Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Godless With consummate skill and pacing, Doherty answers the plot's mysteries in a series of startling revelations, and the atmosphere of a London driven by ambition and greed is palpable. The prolific Doherty shows no signs of losing steam-- Publishers Weekly on The Stone of Destiny


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