Paul Doherty: 134 books
The Nightingale Gallery
A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery 1
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
In 1376, the famed Black Prince died of a terrible rotting sickness, closely followed by his father, King Edward III. The crown of England is left in the hands of a mere boy, the future Richard II, and the great nobles gather like hungry wolves around the empty throne. As a terrible power struggle...
The House of the Red Slayer
A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery 2
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
December, 1377. A great frost has London in its icy grip; even the Thames is frozen bank to bank. The Constable of the Tower of London, Sir Ralph Witton, is found murdered in a cold, bleak chamber in the North Bastion. The door is still locked from the inside and guarded by trusted retainers. So how...
By Murder's Bright Light
A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery 5
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Winter, 1379, and a sea of trouble is besetting England. French privateers attack the southern coast on a path to threaten London itself. In response, an English flotilla of warships, including God’s Bright Light, drops anchor in the Thames. During the night, however, the first mate and two of the...
Murder Most Holy
A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery 3
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Summer, 1379. Sir John Cranston, coroner of the city of London, is trapped into a wager with Signor Gian Galeazzo, Lord of Cremona, when challenged to resolve a certain murder mystery within two weeks. Men have been found dead in the scarlet chamber of one of Cremona’s manors. They have no mark...
The Anger of God
A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery 4
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Autumn, 1379. The power of the crown is invested in John of Gaunt, and the kingdom is seething with discontent. The French are attacking the southern ports and peasants are planning a revolt organised by a mysterious leader who proclaims himself ‘Ira Dei’, the Anger of God. His plans plunged into...
by Paul Doherty
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
The village of Walmer near Canterbury is a small, claustrophobic place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Everyone knows the blacksmith, Elias, liked to drink and liked the ladies. Everyone knows his wife, Isabella, had been spotted many a time entering the woods with men other than her...
The Devil's Domain
A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery 8
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
In the summer of 1380 a French captain is murdered in Hawkmere Manor – a lonely, gloomy dwelling place, otherwise known as the ‘Devil’s Domain’, which is used by Regent John of Gaunt to house French prisoners captured during the bloody battles waged between the French and the English on the...
Pilgrimage to Murder, A
A Medieval Mystery set in 14th Century London
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
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 a Becket’s shrine in Canterbury to give thanks for the wellbeing of his congregation after the violent rebellion.
But preparations...
The Great Revolt
A mystery set in Medieval London
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Sleuthing monk Brother Athelstan discovers that past crimes can cause new murder in the latest intriguing medieval mystery
June, 1381. The rebel armies are massed outside London, determined to overturn both Crown and Church. The Regent, John of Gaunt, has headed north, leaving his nephew, the...
Candle Flame
A novel of Mediaeval London featuring Brother Athelstan
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
An intriguing medieval mystery featuring Brother Athelstan
February, 1381. London lies frozen in the grip of one of the bitterest winters on record. The ever-rising taxes demanded by the Regent, John of Gaunt, are causing increasing resentment among the city’s poor. When the seething unrest...
Mansions of Murder
A Medieval mystery
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
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...
The Midnight Man
A Canterbury Tales Medieval Mystery 7
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
A ‘Canterbury Tales’ medieval mystery - As Chaucer’s pilgrims shelter for the night, it’s the physician’s turn to enthral his fellow travellers with a terrifying tale. When Brother Anselm and his novice Stephen are summoned to the Church of St Michael’s, Candlewick, to perform an exorcism,...
Bloodstone
A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery 11
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
An intriguing new Brother Athelstan historical mystery - December, 1380. When the corpse of Sir Robert Kilverby is discovered in a locked room, Brother Athelstan accompanies the King’s coroner to investigate. For Sir Robert had in his possession a priceless relic, a sacred bloodstone, which has...
Book of Fires, The
A Medieval mystery
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
An intriguing medieval mystery featuring sleuthing monk Brother Athelstan
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...