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The Hanging Tree (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, Bk 21)
The Hanging Tree - Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, Bk 21
Author: Paul C. Doherty, Paul Harding
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 pr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781780291390
ISBN-10: 1780291396
Publication Date: 6/7/2022
Pages: 214
Edition: Main ed.
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Publisher: Severn House Pub Ltd
Book Type: Hardcover
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While I enjoy this series, some of the books in it seem over played, in that they are excessively gruesome and convoluted. But I really enjoyed this one. In fact, I think it is one of Doherty's best about Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston.

It took me overly long to figure out how the murders in the locked room occurred. You would think after reading so many books with this common plot device, I would have known. Alas, it wasn't until late in the book when Doherty drops the hint I realized how it was done.

And I had to admire how Thibault---the series' most hated good guy---overcame his promise to allow the bad guy off free and eliminated his foes. But what a shame he came off with all the credit too.


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