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PAUL DOHERTY BOOK LIST

Hugh Corbett series Set during the 13th!entur" reign o# Ed$%rd I o# Eng&%nd'

S%t%n in St (%r")s (1986)Building on an actual murder in 1284, Doherty (The Death of a King ausiciously !eginsa mystery series featuring "ugh #or!ett, cler$ of the King%s Bench& 'arence Du$et,goldsmith, $ills alh #reyn, moneylender, and flees to 'ondon%s *t& +ary 'e Bo forsanctuary& The net day Du$et is found hanged inside the loc$ed church, an aarentsuicide& Bisho Burnell, #hancellor for King -dard ., assigns #or!ett to in/estigate&Burnell fears that the antiroyal 0oulares arty ill oin ith ractitioners of de/ilorshiat this time, %%#hristianity is only s$in dee&%% "ugh #or!ett is threatened andattac$ed hile ro!ing %%a suicide hich as really murder hich & & & mas$ed treason,sorcery and re!ellion&%% The santanist grou seems to !e centered at The +itre, a ta/ernoned !y the !eautiful lice atte Boe, ith hom #or!ett falls in lo/e& The mystery is

neatly done and Doherty%s ease of scholarshi in gi/ing us the rich sights, sounds andsmells of medie/al 'ondon is masterful&

the Cro$n in D%r*ness(1988)3hen "ugh #or!ett, legal ad/iser and cler$ to the #hancellor of -ngland, is sent to*cotland in the retchedly cold sring of 1286 to in/estigate the death of King

 leander ..., he is met ith hostility, susicion and murderous rage& Did King leander dash off on a furiously stormy night to /isit his young rench !ride and accidentallylunge from a cliff to his death !elo5 r erhas his fall as the result of schemingand lotting !y am!itious no!les, including the oer7hungry o!ert Bruce& 3hen thecareful and secreti/e #or!ett !egins as$ing ointed uestions he is arrested on a

trumed7u charge of treason and murder after his release he is the target ofassassination attemts& "e !egins to ma$e rogress in his uest only hen he oinsforces ith Bisho 3ishart of :lasgo& Doherty (The Death of a King) !rings the harshmedie/al landscae of *cotland to /i/id life, articularly its gritty and malodorous cities,its ildly !eautiful countryside and its oulation of de/out, enigmatic or sinistercharacters& ;et, a suerfluity of historical elanations and far too much la!oriousseculation on #or!ett%s art slo the !oo$%s ace to a uiet cral&

S+" in Ch%n!er" ,1-../King -dard . susects that his enemy, 0hili .< of *ain, is !eing aided !y a sy in the-nglish court, and commissions his chancery cler$, "ugh #or!ett, to trace and destroythe traitor& #or!ett soon finds himself in danger from a sy ho ill sto at nothing to$ee his identity secret&

The Ange& o# De%th ,1-.-/+edie/al 'ondon comes /i/idly to life in this fourth in/estigation !y "ugh #or!ett, chiefcler$ to -ngland%s -dard .& .n =anuary 1299, at "igh +ass ith the $ing and otherno!les, 3alter de +ontfort, the Dean of *t& 0aul%s #athedral, falls dead, oisoned&-dard, hose recent ill7recei/ed attemts to ta the church to raise funds for his ars

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against rance and re!el *cots ma$e him a susect, orders #or!ett to in/estigate& 3iththe aid, and often hindrance, of his dissolute ser/ant anulf, #or!ett disco/ers that the/ictim oned a house of rostitution and ser/ed as the fence for a gang of outlas& Thecler$ comes to susect, hoe/er, that desite the Dean%s criminal acti/ities, he as notthe intended /ictim& inding the $ey to the mystery in the ritual of the mass, #or!ett gets

his anser after another murder, although he himself almost erishes&

The Prin!e O# D%r*ness ,1--0/The 0rince of Dar$ness, Doherty%s fifth no/el featuring "ugh #or!ett, a cler$ and sy inthe court of -dard ., concerns the mysterious death of 'ady -leanor Belmont, formermistress of 0rince 0hili of 3ales& .n 1>?1, eace eists !eteen -dard of -nglandand his archri/al 0hili .< of rance a eace, dilomats hoe, that ill !e confirmed !ya marriage !eteen the young 0rince of 3ales and 0hili%s daughter .sa!elle& 0hilihoes to !rea$ the eace ith -ngland !y disco/ering some scandal touching theyoung -nglish heir& 3ith the distur!ing death of 'ady -leanor, ho is found ith hernec$ !ro$en at the foot of a con/ent staircase, the 0rince%s secrets are threatened ith

eosure& -dard sends #or!ett to in/estigate, and the cler$ disco/ers $nots ofscandal and deceit that may entangle the -nglish #ron&

(urder e%rs % Co$& ,1--0/+urder 3ears a #ol, the sith mystery featuring "ugh #or!ett, a sy for -dard .,concerns a /iolent serial $iller lur$ing in 'ondon, slitting the throats of rostitutes& 3hen'ady *omer/ille, one of the *isters of *t& +artha, is murdered in the same !ar!aricfashion, folloed !y the susicious death of ather Benedict, -dard . again calls onhis trusted cler$, "ugh #or!ett, to trac$ the $iller&

The Ass%ssin in the 2reen$ood ,1--3/

.t is 1>?2 and #or!ett and his to ser/ants are sent to @ottingham to in/estigate thereturn of o!in to *herood orest& They are erleed on their arri/al to find freshmysteries& #or!ett%s eace of mind is further shattered !y nes that the rench ha/edesatched an agent to assassinate him&

The Song o# % D%r* Ange& ,1--/the eighth in the series set in -ngland%s fourteenth century, The *ong of a Dar$ ngelfeatures *ir "ugh #or!ett, a cler$ and sy or$ing in the court of King -dard .& .n@o/em!er 1>?2, *ir "ugh #or!ett, King -dard%s Keeer of the *ecret *eal, togetherith his manser/ant, anulf, and messenger, +altote, are sent to +ortla$e +anor in theicy region of @orfol$, -ngland& cold, cruel ind srings u, seeing across the landand chilling those ho li/e in the small /illages along the @orfol$ coast& The ind, calledthe Dar$ ngel !ecause of its treacherous effect on !oth sea and land, is nothingcomared to the e/il lotted in the human heart& man%s headless corse is found onthe !each, the head imaled on a ole& t the same time, the retty young ife of alocal !a$er is found hanging from the gallos& The scene is set for more gruesomedeaths& #or!ett is soon dran into the mysteries of the lace ith its strange lights atsea and from the cliff tos, and into an in/estigation of the death of an old nun& Did shesli or as she cruelly thron to the roc$s !elo5 The 'ord of +ortla$e +anor also has

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his secrets, as do the /illagers of "unstanton, ho articularly disli$e the resence ofoutsiders&

S%t%n)s 4ire ,1--5/ s King -dard . arri/es in ;or$ for a secret meeting ith the leaders of the military

rder of the Temle, an attemt is made on his life& The ould7!e assassin is laterfound dead, engulfed !y a mysterious fire and earing the Temlar rder li/ery& "ugh#or!ett is called on to in/estigate&

The De6i&)s Hunt ,1--7/.n the summer of 1>?>, murder ma$es its resence felt in the King%s uni/ersity city offord& *ir "ugh #or!ett reluctantly agrees to the King%s reuest that he go to ford toresol/e the murderous mysteries 7 and soon finds his on life at ris$&

The De8on Ar!her ,1---/The death of 'ord "enry itAalan on the feast of *t +atthe, 1>?>, is a matter idely

reorted !ut little mourned& .nfamous for his lecherous tendencies, his midnight trystsith a co/en of itches and his !oundless self7interest, he as a man of fe friends& *ohen "ugh #or!ett is as$ed to !ring his murderer to ustice it is not a matter of finding asusect !ut of choosing !eteen them& Docherty%s ele/enth "ugh #or!ett mystery is fullof the same taut lotting and historiacl recision that fans ha/e gron to lo/e&

The Tre%son o# the 2hosts ,0999/.n the /illage of +elford a local lord is eecuted for sate of /icious murders& .t%s not untilthe $illing !egins again, and the dead lord%s son alleges that a miscarriage of ustice hasta$en lace, that a serious in/estigation !egins& "ugh #or!ett realises that for the lastfi/e years a serial $iller has terrorised the /illagers and that hen, not if, the net /ictim

is chosen, he must !e ready to act&

Cor+se C%nd&e ,0991/The year is 1>?>, and the Benedictine mon$s of the a!!ey of *t& +artin%s7in7the7+arshare accustomed to a comforta!le eistence ithin their sraling, eaceful estate& Butthat !egins to change hen !!ot *tehen, a ell7resected leader and a ersonalfriend of King -dard ., is found !rutally murdered in his cham!er7ith the door andindos loc$ed from the inside& *oon *ir "ugh #or!ett, Keeer of the King%s *eal,arri/es ith his to henchmen to in/estigate& umors a!out the ghost of ro!!er !aron*ir :eoffrey +ande/ille riding through the 'incolnshire fens ith a retinue of ghastlyhorsemen ha/e !een circulating !y ay of elanation +ande/ille%s ghost is alsothought to !e resonsi!le for the corse candles gloing in the dar$, suosedlyforearning men of their on deaths& But #or!ett disregards the tales, susecting thatsomeone much closer to home is resonsi!le for the !loody acts& s the mysteriousdeath toll mounts, #or!ett sets a!out unearthing the dar$ secrets that the a!!ey and itsinha!itants ha/e !een hiding for far too long&

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corrution, -/esham has sought sanctuary to atone for his sins& 3hen -/esham%s cler$is cruelly murdered, and then -/esham himself is disco/ered dead in his a!!ey cell, itaears that the +ysterium, a cunning $iller !rought to ustice !y -/esham, hasreturned to rea$ ha/oc& *ir "ugh #or!ett is ordered to in/estigate& "as the +ysteriumreturned or is another $iller imitating his !rutal methods5 s #or!ett traces the ancient

sins that hold the $ey to disco/ering the $iller%s identity he must face his most cunningfoe yet&

(%tthe$ <%n*"n seriesThe Whyte Harte ,1-../The 1st in the +atthe =en$yn series& n historical mystery set around the turn of the1Cth century that addresses the mystery surrounding the urorted death of Kingichard ..&

The Serpent Amongst the Lilies ,1--9/

 t the !ehest of his master, Bisho "enry Beaufort, former criminal +atthe =an$yn isset among the folloers of =eanne d%rc (the lilies)& #harged ith disco/ering hether=eanne is really a saint, =an$yn must or$ out ho !est to ensure that the rench aragainst the British can !e foiled& But in site of his laless !ac$ground, =an$yn comesto li$e =eanne and to resent !eing itted against her& But does =eanne someho $nomore a!out =an$yn%s intentions than she is letting on, and hat secrets is she $eeingfrom him5

Sorro$#u& ("steries o# Brother Athe&st%n Set during the 1th!entur" reign o#Ri!h%rd II o# Eng&%nd'

The ;ighting%&e 2%&&er" ,1--1/ ,$riting %s P%u& H%rding/.n 1>6 -ngland%s cron is in the hands of a young !oy, the future ichard .., and aoer struggle seems imminent& "oe/er, hen one of 'ondon%s oerful merchantrinces is murdered and other deaths soon follo, the coroner *ir =ohn #raston andmon$ Brother thelstan are ordered to in/estigate&

The House O# The Red S&%"er ,1--0/ ,$riting %s P%u& H%rding/ %*% The Red S&%"er The #onsta!le of the Toer of 'ondon, *ir alh 3hitton, is found murdered in a cold,!lea$ cham!er& The door is still loc$ed from the inside and guarded !y trusted retainers7 so ho did the assassin get in5 nd hy as *ir alh so terrified !y a message herecei/ed a fe days !efore his death5

(urder (ost Ho&" ,1--0/ ,$riting %s P%u& H%rding/*ir =ohn #ranston, coroner of 'ondon, is challenged to resol/e a certain murdermystery ithin to ee$s& "e see$s the hel of his faithful secretarius, Brother

 thelstan& "oe/er, thelstan has ro!lems of his on& t *t -rconald%s, reno/ationor$ at the sanctuary has unearthed a s$eleton&

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The Anger O# 2od ,1--3/ ,$riting %s P%u& H%rding/.n 1>9, =ohn of :aunt has the -nglish cron and the $ingdom is seething ithdiscontent& 0esents are lanning a re/olt organiAed !y the leader E.ra DeiE, the anger of:od& 3hen :aunt%s lans are ruined !y a series of murders the regent calls on *ir =ohn#ranston and Brother thelsan to assist&

B" (urder)s Bright Light ,1--/ ,$riting %s P%u& H%rding/ The arshi :od%s Bright 'ight dros anchor in the Thames and during the night, theentire atch of the shi disaears ithout trace& fter a series of deaths and strangeincidents, *ir =ohn and Brother thelstan are dran into the mysteries, and findthemsel/es in the thic$ of a !loody !attle&

The House O# Cro$s ,1--5/ ,$riting %s P%u& H%rding/.n 1>8? the egent =ohn of :aunt orders *ir =ohn #ranston and Brother thelstan toin/estigate the murders of the *hres!ury reresentati/es as the assasin must !ecaught !efore arliment susects him& Fnfortunalty #ranston and Brother thelstan also

ha/e their on ro!lems to deal ith&

The Ass%ssin)s Ridd&e ,1--7/ ,$riting %s P%u& H%rding/*ir =ohn #ranston, the #oroner of the #ity of 'ondon, comes to sur/ey the scene henthe corse of -din #haler is ulled from the Thames& 3hen more cler$s aremurdered, #ranston and thelstan, his secretarius, ha/e to it their its against adeadly enemy&

The De6i&)s Do8%in ,1--./.n the summer of 1>8? at "a$mere +anor, also $non as the EDe/il%s DomainE, arenchman lies dying 7 oisoned& "e is one of fi/e risoners held !y the egent =ohn of 

:aunt& *ir =ohn #ranston and Brother thelstan are summoned to in/estigate the deathin the hoe of a/erting rench retaliation&

The 4ie&d O# B&ood ,1---/Three sa/age murders ha/e occured in the arish, to at the hands of an assassin andone /ictims identity and death still a mystery& #ould the deaths !e related to one ofBrother thelstan%s arishioners, accused of multile murders in Ethe field of !loodE5

The House o# Sh%do$s ,0993/  series of !rutal murders at a *outhar$ ta/ern interruts Brother thelstan%srehearsals for the annual #hristmas mystery lay& "e resol/es to sol/e not only thesegrisly deaths, !ut also their source 7 the :reat o!!ery of the 'om!ard treasure, hichoccurred in *outhar$ some 2? years earlier&

B&oodstone ,0911/December, 1380 & 3hen the corse of *ir o!ert Kil/er!y is disco/ered in a loc$edroom, Brother thelstan accomanies the King%s coroner to in/estigate& or *ir o!erthad in his ossession a riceless relic, a sacred !loodstone, hich has nodisaeared& Did *ir o!ert die of natural causes or as he murdered5 thelstan is

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scetical of rumours of a curse hanging o/er *ir o!ert, !ut hen it is disco/ered that asecond old soldier has !een gruesomely slain on the same night, the rumours no longer seem so far7fetched & & &

The Str%$ (en ,0910/

=anuary, 1>81& :uests of the egent, =ohn of :aunt, Brother thelstan and *ir =ohn#ranston ha/e !een attending a mystery lay erformed !y the *tra +en, :aunt%sersonal acting troue, hen the e/ening%s entertainment is rudely interruted !y thesudden, /iolent deaths of to of :aunt%s <.0 guests, their se/ered heads left on stage&The egent orders thelstan to find out ho committed such a heinous act, leading

 thelstan to tac$le his most !affling case yet&

C%nd&e 4&%8e ,091/e!ruary, 1>81& 'ondon lies froAen in the gri of one of the !itterest inters on record&The e/er7rising taes demanded !y the egent, =ohn of :aunt, are causing increasingresentment among the city%s oor& 3hen the seething unrest !oils o/er into a !loody

massacre at a slendid *outhar$ ta/ern, The #andle lame, in hich nine eole,including :aunt%s ta collectors, their military escort and the rostitutes entertainingthem, are !rutally murdered, the furious egent orders Brother thelstan to get to the!ottom of the matter& or not only has :aunt%s treasure tro/e !een stolen, he hasreason to !elie/e a rench sy is acti/e along the Thames, carefully recording for hismasters in the 'ou/re the state of -nglish ar cogs& nd a rofessional assassin,Beoulf, ho has sorn /engeance against :aunt and his minions, also stal$s theshados& nce again, thelstan must enter the mur$y orld of murder, here thedar$ness constantly shifts and no one is ho or hat they seem&

The Boo* o# 4ires ,091/

e!ruary, 1>81& ruthless $iller $non as the .gnifer 7 ire Bringer 7 is ramagingthrough 'ondon, !ringing agonising death and destruction in his a$e& "e aears to!e targeting all those in/ol/ed in the recent trial and con/iction of the !eautiful 'ady.solda Beaumont, !urned at the sta$e for the murder of her hus!and& s the late *ir3alter Beaumont as a close friend of the egent, =ohn of :aunt orders *ir =ohn#ranston and Brother thelstan to in/estigate&.n the dead man%s ossession as a coyof the mysterious %Boo$ of ires%, containing the secret formula of a de/astating eaon,the so7called :ree$ ire& The manuscrit has since disaeared, and :aunt isdeserate for it not to fall into the hands of the Fright +en, ho are !usy lotting the:reat e/olt&3as .solda really guilty of murder5 3ho is the terrifying ire Bringer 7 andhat does he ant5 Brother thelstan is a!out to tac$le his most challenging, andotentially dangerous, case yet&

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Sir Roger Sh%&&ot Tudor ("steries ,$riting %s (i!h%e& C&"nes/ Set during the 17th!entur" reign o# Henr" =III o# Eng&%nd'

The hite Rose (urders ,1--1/The first ournal of *ir oger *hallot, finds him and Benamin Daun!ey resol/ing

mystery and murder in the household of +argaret, sister to "enry <...& Their only clue isa oem of riddles, hich contains the seeds of more murders here the facelessassassin alays lea/es his mar$ 7 a hite rose&The Poisoned Ch%&i!e ,1--0/The second ournal of *ir oger *hallot sees a sy assing information to King rancis .of rance& *hallot and his master, Benamin Daun!ey are sent to in/estigate, their onlyclue the sy%s code name, ahael& They are soon caught u in death, danger,treachery, and all ith little than$s&

The 2r%i& (urders ,1--3/.n 1CC2, the rogue oger *hallot and his master Benamin Dau!ney, nehe of

#ardinal 3olsey, are summoned to Toer "ill to itness the Du$e of Buc$ingham%seecution& The reason for Buc$ingham%s demise soon !ecomes aarent77he had !eensearching for the "oly :rail and -cali!ur& @o Dau!ney and *hallot are ordered to findthe relics for the $ing or suffer the Du$e%s fate&

A Brood o# =i+ers ,1--/.n 1C2>, Benamin Daun!ey and oger *hallot are summoned to 'ondon& lorentineen/oy has !een murdered and King "enry is determined to unmas$ the eretrators& Todisco/er the identity of the assassin they must tra/el to lorence 7 it sounds simle !utthe reality is murderously different&

The 2%&&o$s (urders ,1--5/.n the summer of 1C2>, the eather has turned hot and the seating sic$ness hasreturned to 'ondon to ro/ide a fertile !reeding ground for terri!le murders and themost treasona!le consiracies& King "enry <... has mo/ed the court to 3indsor, herehe sla$es his lusts hile the $ingdom is !eing go/erned !y his first minister, #ardinalThomas 3olsey& 3olsey, hoe/er, is not ha/ing an easy time& *omeone is sending the$ing threatening letters from the toer, desatched under the name and seal of -dard,one of the rinces suosedly murdered there, and demanding that great amounts ofgold !e left in different arts of 'ondon& .f the orders are not carried out, roclamationsill !e u!lished throughout the caital hich, coinciding ith the out!rea$ of lague,may ma$e it loo$ as though the hand of :od has turned against the Tudors for usuringthe throne& "enry <... is truly terrified 7 and also intrigued !y the mysterious and grislymurders occurring among the hangmen of 'ondon, hose guild also haens to meet inthe toer& 3olsey has only to eole to turn to his !elo/ed nehe, BenaminDaun!ey, and Daun!ey%s faithful ser/ant, oger *hallot, ho reluctantly agree to go to'ondon to unmas$ the !lac$mailer and end the maca!re murders among the hangmen&Benamin and oger first meet ith disaster in the mur$y Tudor underorld& They also!ecome immersed in the ghastly orld of the :allosmen, the royal eecutioners, manyof hom are dying the same hideous deaths that they ha/e meted out to others& nd at

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the same time they must confront the mystery of the rinces of the toer 7 an ancientmurder that still haunts the -nglish throne& 3hen King "enry threatens that *hallot illhang from the highest scaffold in the $ingdom unless the mysteries are resol/ed, theressure mounts for Benamin and oger to find the ansers 7 hether they !e in'ondon%s foul alleyays or among the gorgeous slendor of the Tudor court&

The Re&i! (urders ,1--7/3hen oger *hallot disco/ers the /alue of true relics, he goes in search of his on, !utinstead finds himself in rison and then at court, here King "enry orders him to steal!ac$ the r! of #harlemagne& oger and his master must race against time to find ther! and sa/e their on nec$s&

The (on*s T%&e ,0913/ n intriguing short story featuring Brother thelstan 7 .n 1>6, at Bermondsey, !!ot"ugo is found murdered ithin his cham!er and the door is loc$ed from the inside& *oho did the assassin commit such a dreadful crime5 #oroner *ir =ohn #ranston andDominican mon$ Brother thelstan are ordered to in/estigate&

The Con#ession o# Brother Athe&st%n ,0913/Brother thelstan accomanies *ir =ohn #ranston, 'ady #ranston, and Benedicta to afriendly oust, hich turns fatal they must then determine ho tamered ith the$nights% euiment&

K%thr"n S$inbroo*e series ,$riting %s C' L' 2r%!e/ Set in 15th !entur" Eng&%nd'

A Shrine o# (urders ,1--3/Kathryn *in!roo$e is an indeendent ractitioner of medicine, disco/ering the !enefitsof an ale7rich diet for teeth, and rescri!ing her!s and /inegar for almost e/ery $nonmalady& #anter!ury%s tourist trade, already eoardiAed !y the 3ar of the oses, isfurther imeriled !y a sate of oisoned ilgrims, each corse accomanied !y theaearance of a line or to of rough /erse, in style remar$a!ly similar to :eoffrey#haucer%s soon7to7!e famous or$& *usecting the murderer is a doctor, the rch!ishoas$s for Kathryn%s hel& .n a fascinating hunt that its her against the august tonhysicians, Kathryn is aided only !y her its, her foul7mouthed, armhearted ser/antThomasina, and #olum +urtagh, a oerful .rish mercenary& 3hile successfullydemythologiAing the eriod and eole, the author offers thoughtful insights into suchmodern concerns as ife7!eating and feminism&

The E"e o# 2od ,1--/The -ye of :od is the second no/el in the unusual ne series of medie/al mysteriesfeaturing Kathryn *in!roo$e, hysician and chemist in fifteenth7century #anter!ury&Based on etensi/e research, #& '& :race%s series highlights the fact that omendoctors layed /ital roles in -nglish medie/al medicine, only to !e ecluded from therofession in su!seuent centuries& s the !loody confusion of the 3ar of the osesrages around him, ichard @e/ille, -arl of 3aric$, gi/es the recious royal relic the-ye of :od to his trusted soldier Brandon, ust !efore @e/ille is $illed& rdered to ta$e

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the riceless -ye of :od to the mon$s at #anter!ury, Brandon is catured and heldrisoner in the city& 3hen Brandon dies under mysterious circumstances and the -ye of :od is nohere to !e found, soldier #olum +urtagh is summoned !y King -dard .< tofind the relic and hysician Kathryn *in!roo$e to assess the death& esuming theirunli$ely artnershi, the to find themsel/es in an increasingly dangerous situation

corse is ulled from a ri/er and another murder ta$es lace in #anter!ury, hile #olumis trac$ed !y threatening ursuers& s all signs oint to an intrigue in/ol/ing enemies of-dard .<, #olum and Katherine must rely on each other%s its for rotection&

The (er!h%nt o# De%th ,1--5/This third no/el featuring medie/al hysician and chemist Kathryn *in!roo$e oens

 ust !efore #hristmas in 141& *nostorms ha/e !lan$eted the city of #anter!ury&Kathryn and her coo$ Thomasina are !usily rearing for the holiday, hen terri!lenes arri/es The ainter ichard Blunt has confessed to $illing his young ife, alongith to men ho ere dallying ith her& Kathryn is distur!ed !y Blunt%s serenedemeanor, !ut !efore she can articulate her susicions, another death catures her

attention& ta collector, *ir eginald -ringham, has !een found dead in his room atthe 3ic$er +an ta/ern, and the King%s monies ha/e !een stolen& Kathryn uic$lydetermines that the collector as murdered, erhas !y oison, and !egins uestioningthe guests at the ta/ern& +eanhile, there are atients to !e cared for, a ractice to!uild, and a household to maintain 7 !ut Kathryn must ut aside these leasant duties ifshe is to find the lin$ !eteen ichard Blunt and the strange e/ents at the 3ic$er +anta/ern&

The Boo* o# Sh%do$s ,1--7/The Boo$ of *hados is the fourth no/el in the acclaimed series featuring Kathryn*in!roo$e, medie/al hysician and chemist& .t !egins shortly after the murderous

ta$eo/er of the throne !y -dard .< and -liAa!eth 3ood/ille in 141, hen!lac$mailers thri/ed !y threatening detractors of the ne $ing& The ugliest threat to thedecent eole of #anter!ury is the magus Tene!rae, ho controls the Boo$ of *hados7 a grimoire of sells and magic containing secrets a!out the dead and the li/ing& 3henTene!rae is murdered, Kathryn *in!roo$e is summoned to sol/e the crime, or else ris$the transfer of her lo/e, #olum +urtagh, far aay to 'ondon& "oe/er, the secretsstretch all the ay to the King and Gueen themsel/es, and e/eryone is a susect 7esecially Tene!rae%s last /isitors, a ner/ous grou of goldsmiths from 'ondon&Tene!rae is dead !ut the Boo$ of *hados still eerts his oer, and its ne onersill die for it& The susects fall /ictim, one !y one, to /iolent deaths, and *in!roo$emost sol/e the mystery !efore the Boo$ of *hados closes on them all&

S%int&" (urders ,0991/+edie/al hysician Kathryn *in!roo$e is !rought !ac$ to the ton of #anter!ury, thistime to in/estigate a recent lague of rats& 3hether or not their /isitation is the result ofthe ton%s moral or siritual lac$ is unclear, !ut hen miracles !egin to surround thelocal !eatified friar%s corse Kathryn susects that something more threatening is afoot&*he soon disco/ers that the friar as in fact murdered, and hat !egan as a search forthe ton%s ills !ecomes a deserate search for a $iller&

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A (%>e o# (urders ,0990/+edie/al hysician Kathryn *in!roo$e is summoned to in/estigate the disaearanceof a sacred relic, the 'acrima #hristi, from a ell7guarded chael in #anter!ury& *hortlyafter the relic /anishes, its oner, ealthy lord *ir 3alter +altra/ers 7 a former soldier

ith a trou!led ast7 is found sa/agely murdered in the maAe of hedges in his ongarden& s a $iller, clearly !ent on re/enge, continues to stri$e and more !odies turn u,Kathryn is dran into +altra/ers%s shadoy history in her search for ansers&

A 4e%st o# Poisons ,099).n #&'& :race%s east of 0oisons Kathryn *in!roo$e +ystery, the engrossingse/enth entry in this 1Cth7century historical series (after 2??>%s +aAe of +urders),-ngland%s 'ord "enry is in delicate negotiations ith emissaries from the rench $ing,'ouis H.& The mysterious death of the lord%s ife, as ell as the fatal oisonings of a!lac$smith and his ife, ro/ide a challenge that ill test Kathryn%s sleuthing s$ills totheir limit& :race is the seudonym of British author 0aul Doherty&

;i!ho&%s Seg%&&% series ,$riting %s Ann Du*th%s/A Ti8e #or the De%th o# % King ,1--/? set in Edinburgh 157@? in6o&6ing (%r"?ueen o# S!ots*he as a assionate lo/er& But as she also a murderess5 -din!urgh, 1C6& Beautiful+ary, Gueen of *cots lea/es her ill hus!and5s !edside to attend the edding festi/itiesof her maid of honour& "ours later, the calm night is shattered !y a de/astatingelosion& The King%s !ody is found in a field ith a cloa$, a chair, a slier and adagger !y his lifeless corse& 3hen stolen letters cast susicion on the ueen herself,she is accused of murder& 3as the fiery +ary the eretrator of the King%s !loody

murder, or the o!ect of a ruthless lot of !etrayal, crafted !y -ngland%s most masterfulassassin, the a/en +aster5 nly the shadoy scholar @icholas *egalla can unco/erthe truth&

A Prin!e Lost to Ti8e ,1--5/? set in 4r%n!e !ir!% 1@-3? in6o&6ing (%rie Antoinette0aris, 181C& shado of uncertainty hangs o/er the nation%s future as long as oneuestion remains unansered& 3hat is the real fate of the young Dauhin, held risoner in the Temle here his mother +arie ntoinette sent her last days5 "istory says hedied, !ut rumors ersist that he escaed& The anser holds interest for the Britishgo/ernment, hich sends time7tra/eling sleuth @icholas *egalla to unco/er the truth&

The Ti8e o# (urder %t (%"er&ing ,1--7/? set in =ienn% 1..-? in6o&6ing Rudo&#?Cro$n Prin!e o# Austri%<ienna, 1889& :littering entertainments hide a orld of sinister olitical intrigue at thecourt of the "as!urgs& The orld eloded ith the horrifying nes that the heir to thethrone, handsome rchdu$e udolh, had shot his se/enteen7year7old aristocraticmistress, +aria <etsera, to death and then turned the gun on himself at the imerialhunting lodge at +ayerling& r did he5 umors of foul lay soon !egan to surface as<etsera%s !ody as hurriedly !uried in secrecy and the go/ernment suressed any

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inuiry& *cholar @icholas *egalla ris$s his on life to unco/er the truth !ehind asectacular co/er7u and attemts to eose a murderer ith a /ery intimate andsurrising connection to the doomed rince&

In the Ti8e o# the Poisoned ueen ,1--./? set in Eng&%nd 155.? in6o&6ing (%r" I o# 

Eng&%nd*cholar and dilomat @icholas *egalla in/estigates the ossi!ility that Gueen +ary is!eing oisoned !y one of her many ri/als&

C%nterbur" T%&esAn An!ient E6i& ,1--/The ilgrims agree to each tell a tale in the e/enings on their long ourney& The Knight!egins his tale ith the destruction of a sinister cult in the reign of 3illiam the#onueror, and then mo/es on 2?? years to a series of terri!le murders that seemconnected to the legends of the cult&

A T%+estr" o# (urders ,1--/.n ugust 1>C8, the Doager Gueen .sa!ella, mother of King -dard ..., lies dying&3hen death comes, she is !uried net to her lo/er oger +ortimer in :reyfriars, !ut/iolence continues and @icholas #hir$e, an honest young layer, is called in toin/estigate the strange e/ents folloing her death&

A Tourn%8ent o# (urders ,1--7/#haucer%s ilgrims are sheltering in a friary, as they settle for the night the ran$lin tellsa tale& n his death !ed :il!ert *a/age tells his suire that the story of his arentserishing during the lague is untrue& But to unco/er the truth he must go to #olchester

and find "ugo #oticol&

2host&" (urders ,1--@/#haucer%s ilgrims are sheltering from a shoer in a ruined church hile the 0riest tellshis tale& ;oung 0hili Trumington is accomanied to his ost in the /illage of *cas!y!y his !rother and their friend& 0hili soon disco/ers the church is haunted and the/illagers scarred !y a grim ast&

The H%ng8%n)s H"8n ,0991/ *tum!ling uon an eecution, #haucer%s ilgrims itness a hanging that lea/es thecarenter in a dead faint& That e/ening, he narrates the tale of a :loucester hangmanhose in/ol/ement in the secreti/e unishment of three itches unleashes a /icioussate of re/enge $illings&

A H%unt o# (urder ,0990/

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 s the sun sets, #haucer%s ilgrims find themsel/es lost in a Kent forest rumoured to !ehaunted& "uddled around the fire, trying to ignore the cries of screech ols and othersinister noises of the night, the #ler$ of ford agrees to tell a ghostly tale of lo/e anddeath to chill the !lood&

The (idnight (%n ,0910/ s #haucer%s ilgrims shelter for the night, it%s the hysician%s turn to enthral his fellotra/ellers ith a terrifying tale& 3hen Brother nselm and his no/ice *tehen aresummoned to the #hurch of *t +ichael%s, #andleic$, to erform an eorcism, thedemons that lague the church aear to ha/e !een summoned !y an infamoussorcerer $non as the +idnight +an& But hat has he unittingly unleashed 7 and hy5.s there any lin$ to the disaearance of young omen in the area5 Before nselm canget to the truth, he must first unco/er the identity of the mysterious +idnight +an&

("ster" o# A&e:%nder the 2re%t ,$riting %s Ann% A+osto&ou/ Set in th!entur"

%n!ient 2ree!e'

A (urder in (%!edon ,1--@/.n the dar$ days that folloed the murder of 0hili of +acedon, susicion and fear fillthe royal alace& 0hili%s son, leander, sets out to find the culrit ith hel from to"e!re friends, +irian and *imeon&

A (urder in Thebes ,1--./ The!es has succum!ed to leander the :reat, and the days folloing are filled ithmurderous treason& 'ysander and +emmon, leander%s to fa/oured officers, ha/e

!een $illed !y a dangerous sy, and leander%s rule is recarious until he sol/es thedangerous riddle of edius% cron&

The Eg"+ti%n ("steries Centered %round the !h%r%!ter o# A8ero*te? the !hie# udge o# the te8+&e o# (%)%t? $ho be!o8es the in6estig%tor o# !ons+ir%!ies%g%inst the 15th!entur" BC ueen H%tusu&

The (%s* o# R% ,1--./3hen 0haraoh Tuthmosis .. falls dead !efore the sun god, mun7a, his ido and the#hief =udge must find a $iller co/ering his trac$s ith the hot desert sands of ancient-gyt&

The Horus Ki&&ings ,1---/-gyt%s first 0haraoh7Gueen must sol/e a sate of $illings !efore she can assume herthrone&&&

The Anubis S&%"ings ,0999/

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The ne 0haraoh7Gueen of -gyt has her ad/iser, merot$e, insect a recent sle of$illings, ascri!ed !y a suerstitious eole to the :od of the Dead&

The S&%"ers o# Seth ,0991/The ast comes to life once again in the fourth installment of this ncient -gyt murder

mystery series that theNew York Times calls Eresurrectionist magicIE

'ord merot$e, 0haraoh%s chief udge, is already in the midst of a murder case& young, am!itious scri!e, .umer7suosedly in lo/e ith the daughter of a oerfulgeneral7had hoed to !ecome !etrothed& .nstead, he is dead from oisoning and therosecution has indicted his lo/er, 'ady @eshratta, ho aarently gre tired of thedalliance& .f found guilty, she ill !e !uried ali/e in the desert sands of the ed 'ands&

But !efore the trial is concluded, the oerful female 0haraoh%s chief ad/isor summons merot$e to the Temle of *eth, here he is aaited !y the remains from another high7rofile murder& ne of -gyt%s great heroes has !een !rutally $illed and 0haraoh "atusu

herself has decided to inter/ene& *he !elie/es that :eneral Balet%s murder is only the!eginning of something more sinister, and she calls on merot$e for hel& There is moreto the deaths than meets the eye & & & !ut can merot$e trac$ don the $iller7or $illers7!efore he stri$es again5

The Ass%ssins o# Isis ,099/ahimere%s tom! 7 a "ouse of -ternity hose oner had gone across the horiAon intothe ar 3est& *omehere dee in the desert, its location has long !een $et a secret&But no, the *e!aus 7 a sect hich ta$es its name from demons 7 has lundered andillaged the seulchre for its most oerful secret&

The Poisoner o# Pt%h ,099@/ t a eace treaty signing !eteen -gyt and 'i!ya in The!es, three of -gyt%s leadingscri!es die /iolently on the Temle forecourt, the /ictims of a /ile oisoning& To add tothe mounting unease, a roserous merchant and his young ife are found droned&umors soon see the imerial city& The 0oisoner of 0tah has returned& .t falls to

 merot$e, #hief =udge of the "alls of To Truths, to in/estigate these hideous crimes 7his hunt for the 0oisoner leads him to disco/er yet more susicion and otential danger&This story sees the =udge it his its against a cunning oonent ho seems intent onsreading his death7dealing oders& merot$e enters the tilight orld of gloriousThe!es here life can !e so rich and yet death so sift and !rutal&

The S+ies o# Sobe!* ,099./0aul Doherty%s !rilliant ne merot$e no/el ill ta$e you on a comelling ourney intothe glory, slendour and corrution of ncient -gyt& 14 B# and once againtreacherous forces are on the rise in -gyt& resh from her /ictories in the north,0haraoh Gueen "atusu has returned to The!es to find sinister threats emerging fromneigh!ouring ro/ince @u!ia& The rites, a secret murderous sect, are aging !loodyar against the 0haraoh& .merial messengers and mem!ers of the +eday, -gyt%selite army, are disaearing around the asis of *inar and no .mothe, formerly chief

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scout for the *ies of *o!ec$, has !een found strangled in a fortified room at hismansion& The rites are on the hunt& 3ill merot$e, #hief =udge of the "all of ToTruths, !e a!le to confront this !oiling mist of murder and treason, and sa/e "atusu,!efore -gyt is o/errun !y its menacing and dangerous underorld5

(%hu ,The A*hen%tentri&og"/ The %n!ient Eg"+ti%n nob&e (%hu re!ounts thee6ents o# the %ge o# A*hen%ten %nd his +%rt in the8 %nd his re&%tionshi+s $ithother +erson%ges o# the A8%rn% +eriod'

An E6i& S+irit Out o# the est ,0993/Knon as the <eiled ne, $enhaten is a shadoy figure& 3hen he is thrust into theolitical limelight hen his elder !rother dies, the am!itious and ruthless +ahu atchesthe young rince car/e his on ath to oer and !ecomes his rotector and confidantthrough a tur!ulent reign&

The Se%son o# the H"%en% ,0995/0aul Doherty Brilliantly -/o$es The tmoshere f ncient -gyt .n ll .ts Beauty ndBrutality .n This 0oerful nd i/eting *tory 3o/en round The *i7year7old -meror,Tutan$hamun& The *econd Title .n The uthor%s @e ncient -gytian Trilogy olloing%an -/il *irit ut f The 3est%&

The Ye%r o# the Cobr% ,0995/ t the end of EThe *eason f The "yaenaE, the re/ious !oo$ in this trilogy, +ahu had ust !een recalled to court !ecause the young 0haraoh, Tutan$hamun, as sufferingfrom a serious mental illness& EThe ;ear f The #o!raE no resumes +ahu%s taleTutan$hamun is unell, !ut there is no heir aarent& -gyt%s enemies, the "ittites, are

ad/ancing through #anaan, and y 7 irst +inister of $enhaten, father of @efertiti,!rother of Gueen Tiye 7 still lots, li$e the sider he is& The e! is o/en, the tras set&&&

(%thi&de o# est8inster series Set during the reign o# Ed$%rd II o# Eng&%nd'

The Cu+ o# 2hosts ,0995/By 1>22, +athilde of 3estminster as considered the finest hysician in 'ondon& But inher years as lady7in7aiting to 0rincess .sa!ella, she as dran into the mur$y oliticsof the -nglish court, here sudden, mysterious death as art of the taestry of life&+any years later, +athilde loo$s !ac$ and chronicles her tur!ulent life& 3ith her shar,susicious intellect ready to distinguish !eteen a fatality and an unnatural death,+athilde is confronted !y a host of chilling murders& The source of these horrors is thefierce olitical ri/alry !eteen 0hili of rance and -dard of -ngland& This manifestsitself in a series of gruesome $illings, one of hich actually too$ lace during -dard ..%s#oronation, hen a $night of the oyal "ousehold, *ir =ohn Bauelle as crushed todeath

The Poison (%iden ,099@/

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.t%s 1>?8 and -ngland ho/ers on the !rin$ of ci/il ar& -dard .., his ife .sa!ella andthe royal fa/ourite 0eter :a/eston -arl of #ornall, ha/e !een forced to retreat to theKing%s folly& =ust an arroshot aay lie the :reat 'ords and 0hili .< of rance, ho aredemanding that the -arl of #ornall !e charged ith high treason& -dard is traed,and orse, he has learnt that 0hili has the %0oison +aiden% on his side, a formida!le

sy ho did untold damage during his father%s reign& s -dard tries in /ain to unmas$the identity of the sy, +athilde, handmaiden to the Gueen, also attemts to identify thesource of this threat& *oon the crisis sills o/er into /iolence& The 'ords attemt to ta$e:a/eston !y force and the King and his #ourt, including +athilde, are forced to flee& sthe enemy closes in, +athilde finds herself em!roiled in a life and death struggle for the-nglish cron&

The D%r*ening 2&%ss ,099-/+athilde of 3estminster must once again face a dangerous foe in the third no/el in 0aulDoherty%s acclaimed series& +arch 1>12 and -ngland is once again di/ided& -dard ..is in conflict ith his !arons o/er royal fa/ourite :a/eston and Gueen .sa!ella is

momentously regnant ith the first union of 0lantagenet and #aetian !lood&+eanhile, re!el o!ert Bruce rols the *cottish !order see$ing ad/ancement&+athilde of 3estminster senses a challenge for the throne is imminent& 3hen the great-arls ste u their camaign, the King and Gueen are forced to flee to a fortified rioryin Tynemouth, no /ulnera!le to the *cottish marauders on land and Bruce%s allies atsea& 3ith threats all around, the royal arty can only desair hen one of their cam ismurdered& 3ill +athilde !e a!le to find the eretrator !efore the King loses control andall oer to the throne5

Po&iti!%& Intrigue in An!ient Ro8eDo8in% ,0990/?

 fictionaliAed account of griina, mother of @ero, &D& 1C7C9& griina, ife of #laudius, mother of @ero, as a !eautiful and talented oman hosa her father murdered, as !anished !y her !rother, and as $illed on the orders ofher son& "er freed man, a one7eyed former gladiator named 0armenon, tells of

 griina%s !attle to sur/i/e in and control the dera/ed and /iolent .merial omancourt, and the crum!ling relationshi !eteen mother and son&

(urder 8"steries $ith in6estig%tor C&%udi%? % s+" #or both He&en% ,E8+ress/? 8other o# Const%ntine the 2re%t? %nd S"&6ester? +resb"ter o# Ro8e ,&%ter Po+eS"&6ester I/? in A'D' 313 $hen Christi%nit" is beginning to be est%b&ished o+en&" inRo8e'

(urder I8+eri%& ,0993/>1> D& t the dan of the fourth century, the oman emire is !eset !y economicro!lems, !ar!arian incursions and religious di/ides& fter a series of tyrannical rulers,-meror Diocletian has di/ided the emire into east and est& @o, ith #onstantine%s/ictory o/er +aentius in the est, ome finally aears to !e emerging from itstur!ulent ast& But instead of enoying the fruits of his /ictory, -meror #onstantine is in

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trou!le& .n order to consolidate his oer and under the guidance of his mother "elena,he lans to harness the oer of the increasingly influential #hristian #hurch& Then aseries of murders !rings his loyalties into uestion& The emeror freuents courtesansfrom the :uild of hrodite, three of hom ha/e !een found dead 7 all ith crossesetched on their foreheads and each chee$& .n order to rotect her son%s future, "elena,

aided !y the riest nastasius, calls uon the ser/ice of an %agente in re!us oliticis% 7 or sy& #laudia is the niece of a ta/ern7oner and is laced as a ine7ser/er in#onstantine%s household& But #laudia has secret moti/es of her on&&&

The Song o# the 2&%di%tor ,099/.t%s >1> D and as ome !roils under a /ery sultry summer, -meror #onstantine andhis oerful mother, "elena, are trying to ma$e sense of the ne #hristian religion& The#hristians cannot agree amongst themsel/es and #onstantine in/ites delegates from!oth sides of the theological disute to de!ate !efore him&

The ueen o# the ;ight ,0997/

.t is the late summer of 1>14 and ome is shoc$ed !y a series of /iolent a!ductions&;oung men and omen, sons and daughters of the oerful, are !eing $idnaed andheld for ransom !efore !eing released in a ram!ling, haunted cemetery& t the sametime, /eteran soldiers, men ho ser/ed #onstantine along the :reat 3all in northernBritain are !eing !ar!arously murdered& The indignities inflicted on their corses recallthe !ar!aric ractices of the 0icts against hom they fought so many years ago&#laudia %agente in re!us oliticis% 7 or sy 7 is summoned !y the -mress "elena toin/estigate and resol/e these maca!re occurrences& +eanhile, #laudia has ro!lemsof her on& The corse of a young oman, !eautifully reser/ed and aarently !uriedsome years re/iously, is accidentally disinterred in her uncle 0oly!ius%s garden& 3ho isshe5 "o did she get there5 3hy is the corse so carefully reser/ed5 #laudia is faced

ith this all of mystery& *he must trac$ her ay through a mur$y tangle of olitics,religion, greed and long7forgotten e/il and is dran into a game here the slightestmista$e could cost her life&

(urder)s I88ort%& (%s* ,099./.n 0aul Doherty%s !rilliant ne oman no/el, #laudia must find a /icious $iller stal$ingthe streets of .merial ome&*etem!er >14 D and in the #aelian uarter of ome the@efandus has reaeared& or years he aged !loody murder throughout ome, $illingrositutes from the house of .sis& "e only ceased his !rutal slayings hen #onstantine!ecame -meror& @o he has a!rutly returned and already to young omen ha/e!een !ar!arously slain&3hen on the afternoon the @efandus stri$es, ttius -no!ar!us,henchman of the former -meror, is found sta!!ed to death at his /illa outside the

 urelian :ate, murder seems to ta$e u house in the #ity of the #aesars& The -mress"elena turns to her most trusted agent, #laudia, to enter this arena of !lood& #ouldthese e/ents !e connected and ill #laudia find the murderers !efore ome descendsfurther into murder and mayhem5

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The House o# De%th ,0991/.t is >>4 B# and the young leander the :reat aits ith is troos !y the hellesont,oised to attac$ the emire of the 0ersian $ing, Darius ...& To in the aro/al of thegods he ma$es many sacrifices, !ut the smo$e foes not rise& 3orse, his guides are!eing !rutally murdered&

The 2od&ess (%n ,0990/.t is no >>4 B&#&, and leander has smashed the 0ersian armies at the Battle of the:ranicus and is roaming the estern 0ersian -mire li$e a hungry redator, li/ing u tohis nic$name of Jthe 3olf of +acedon& rri/ing in one of his riAes, the great city of-hesus, the success of his camaign is threatened !y a series of /iolent murders!rought a!out !y a high7ran$ing 0ersian sy $non only as Jthe #entaur& 3orse, oneof leander%s old tutors, 'eonidas, is found floating face don in a stagnant ond at the"ouse of +edusa7and this doesn%t loo$ li$e an accident, since the "ouse of +edusa islin$ed ith a guild of assassins ho formerly flourished in -hesus& *o once again

 leander%s friend and hysician, Telamon, must set a!out unra/eling this sirling mass

of !lood7stren mysteries, this time or$ing hand in hand ith the $ing%s eerie +aster of *ecrets, ristander& s alays, one of the !iggest o!stacles is the /olatile andunredicta!le nature of leander himself, a consummate actor hose lust for oerand glory matches the carnage and intrigue that dog his footstes li$e the uriesthemsel/es&

The 2%tes o# He&& ,0993/>>4 B# and leander and his troos march toards "alicarnassus& series of !rutal$illings !egins ro/ing that the 0ersuians ha/e infiltrated leander%s court& 3ith his lordfacing the fight of his life, leander%s old friend Telamon must go through Ethe :ates of"ellE to find the traitors&

Te8+&%r 

The Te8+&%r ,099@/The Temlars eloded onto the u!lic conciousness ith Dan Bron%s T"- D <.@#.#D-, no ourney ith 0aul Doherty to 1?9C and eerience the founding of theTemlar rder in all its eic and !rutal detail& 1?9C and crusading fer/our has set-uroe& #hrist%s fief of =erusalem has !een seiAed !y the .nfidels& The ran$ish Knightsof the 3est are to march east to li!erate the "oly #ity& "ugh de 0ayens and:odefroi of*t mer, the soon7to7!e founders of the Temlar rder,and "ugh%s younger sister,-leanor, lea/e the security of their homes in Burgundy, rance, ith a lan to oin #ountaymond of Toulouse%s army, and march across the $non orld to =erusalem& ollothecrusadersas theymarch through -uroe into the glories of ByAantium and onto *yria&3itness the hardshis,!loodshed and tric$ery on their treacherous tra/els to the "oly'and and $no that though the crusaders% ourney, and this no/el, ill end ith theirentry into the "oly #ity,the #rusadesha/e yet to!egin in earnest&

The Te8+&%r (%gi!i%n ,099-/

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The year is 11C2, and=erusalem is still in the hands of the #rusaders, although the loftyideals of !efore ha/e no !een relaced !y su!tle oer7lay& +eanhile, in-ngland,King *tehen is aging !loody ar against "enry itAemress& The Temlar rder, nofifty years old, is a ealthy oer, glittering ith temting riches& gainst this!ac$ground of !loodshed, o!ert de 0ayens, grandson of -leanor, one of the co7

founders of theTemle, and -nglishman -dard *endal find themsel/es caught u in amurder mystery hen aymond, #ount of Trioli, is !rutally assassinated& 3ho ouldha/e anted to murder aymond, and is it ossi!le that the anser may lie ithin thehalloed ran$s of the Temlar order itself5

;o6e&s

The De%th o# % King A (edie6%& ("ster" ,1-.5/The fate of $ings is not alays glorious&&&&.ndeed, -ngland%s -dard .. so angered his ife, her lo/er, and his su!ects hen he

flaunted his male fa/orites that they re/olted, deosed him, and made him risoner&"istory records -dard .. as e/entually murdered most foully in Ber$eley #astle and!uried most u!licly in :loucester cathedral& But as he5 The heir, -dard ..., charges#hancery #ler$ -dmund Beche ith unco/ering the truth of the matter& Beche%sin/estigation is torturous, !loc$ed !y hidden records, outright lies, uneectedconfessions, dou!le crosses, and a high !ody count& :ra/e7digging, !urglary, andsoldiering at the !loody !attle of #recy aait him& But he%s a most determined man&&&&

The Lord Count Dr%*u&"% ,1-.7/.n this griing seuel to 0.@#- DKF';, 0aul Doherty tells the story of Dra$ulya%srise to oer, and elores the truth !ehind the terrifying /amire legends that surround

him& 0rince Dracula, or more accurately, Dra$ulya, as a real erson ho struggled tocontrol the small Bal$an $ingdom of 3allachia amidst the cruelty and corrution of .Cth7century -uroe& Through the eyes of his :ree$ friend, hodros, e see Dra$ulya, aenaissance rince, !ecome a desot and rea$ a horrifying re/enge on hisoonents& 3hen Dra$ulya launches all7out ar against his hated enemy, the ttomanTur$s, hodros is dran deeer into the nightmare& "is attemts at escae areo/erta$en !y e/ents hich see Dra$ulya to a chilling clima and the !irth of one of-uroe%s most terrifying legends5

Prin!e Dr%*u&"% ,1-.7/This cati/ating no/el !y 0aul Doherty traces the life of 0rince Dra$ulya as seenthrough the eyes of closest friend& Dracula has alays !een a fascinating yet terrifyingfigure& But the legend of the human /amire is !ased on horrifying reality Dracula (ormore roerly Dra$ulya) as a real erson, a 0rince of 3allachia (no art of omania)ho struggled for ersonal and olitical sur/i/al during the sinister intrigues of .Cthcentury -uroe& Disco/er him through hodros 5 the friend ho $ne him !est&hodros accurately descri!es Dra$ulya5s influences his harsh imrisonment !y thettoman Tur$s, his maniulation !y the su!tle and !rilliant ttoman court, and his lustfor /engeance against the no!les resonsi!le for the deaths of his father and !rother&

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3hen Dra$ulya finally !rea$s free from his cators% influence he returns as ruler of hison country to rea$ horrifying re/enge5

The 4%te o# Prin!es ,1--9/3hat actually did haen to those rinces ho disaeared from the Toer of 'ondon5

British riter Doherty, hose The ngel of Death recreated medie/al 'ondon, nofocuses /i/idly !ut more narroly on the !rief, anguished reign of ichard ...& The $ing,target of /icious rumors, co/ertly aoints his old friend and cham!erlain, rancis,<iscount 'o/ell, to dig u the facts of the !oys% fate& rancis, dou!ting !ut loyal,doggedly uestions e/eryone ho might $no something77including to on the !rin$ ofeecution& nd he $ees u his interrogations e/en after ichard%s death, until at last he$nos the hole truth& eaders may or may not !uy this solution, !ut it%s reasona!leand said to !e !ased on documentary e/idence& Doherty%s account of a sa/age eracarries griing scenes of risons and alaces, smo$y ta/erns and the misty Thames,murders, lots, sies, secret rooms that !ecome secret tom!s, the !loody !attle ofBosorth and one etremely gruesome eecution&

Do6e A8ongst the H%$*s ,1--9/ s a hysician in 'ondon during the 3ars of the oses, Dr 'u$e #hichele !ecame ellacuainted ith royalty and as art of a lot instigated !y the 0oe to find out eactlyho King "enry <. died in 141 in the Toer of 'ondon& 3as it suicide or murder5 The0oe anted to ro/e "enry <. as orthy of !eatification, hile the King, -dard .<,claimed he had died itless and incaa!le& But the closer 'u$e came to the truth, themore his life fell into danger&

The (%s*ed (%n ,1--1/.n his latest historical mystery, Doherty ( The ate of 0rinces ) tac$les the story of the

+an in the .ron +as$, a risoner of such olitical conseuence that 'ouis H.< of ranceordered him loc$ed aay, for!idden to sea$ to anyone and condemned fore/er to ear a mas$ to hide his identity& (Dumas ere turned this actual historical incident into thefamous no/el&) "ere, !oth 'ouis and the mysterious risoner are dead hen alh#roft, master forger, is luc$ed from the Bastille and enlisted !y the rench regent todetermine the mas$ed man%s identity& 3or$ing ith murderous mus$eteer D%-stri/et androyal archi/ist +aureas, he unco/ers a e! of intrigue that in/ol/es lots against thecron, the Knights Temlar and a fallen finance minister& There are e/en occasionalin$ing references to those other famous Dumas characters, the Three +us$eteers&Doherty%s eosition of the historical record is often clumsy, and he cannot resist letting#roft somehat anachronistically onder the fate of the ancien regime& *till, it%s all goodfun77e/en if the author%s tongue is lanted firmly in his chee$&

The Rose De8on ,1--@/osifer, the fallen angel, is the sirit +atthias lo/es yet hates& The story of +atthias islayed out against the anorama of medie/al life 7 the fall of #onstantinole, the terrorof itchcraft, and the final dramatic confrontation !eteen the ose demon and +attias&

The H%unting ,1--@/

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cto!er 1866& ather li/er :rafield, a #atholic riest and eorcist, is as$ed to allay thehaunting eeriences occurring at #andleton "all& 3ithin hours of his arri/al there, heeeriences the henomena ools of !lood on the floor, a oman dressed in !lac$ anda fore!oding sense of male/olence&

The Sou& S&%"er ,1--@/-ighteen7year7old e!ecca 'enno, daughter of a former riest, is ostraciAed !y the/illagers of Dunmo& They regard her as cursed, !y !oth her cleft alate and her gift ofsecond sight& e!ecca finds solace in the statue of *t& +ichael the rchangel, to homshe rays de/otedly ithin the sanctity of her old arish church& But hen a young#atholic riest arri/es in the /illage, it seems that she has finally found a mortalconfidant& +ichael is not reelled !y her infirmity, and his charm and gentleness remindher of her !elo/ed statue& Then changes come to Dunmo& ne arson is aointed77more interested in the !lac$ arts than the teachings of religion& or "enry rogmore,holy orders are an oortune co/er for his nefarious acti/ities, !ut in e!ecca and+ichael, he finds oerful oonents& nd in the ensuing struggle, the rice for each of

them is dear&

The Lo6e Knot ,1---/ ,$riting %s =%ness% A&e:%nder/.t is sring, in the year 129& ecently idoed =oanna of cre, lo/ing daughter of-dard ., is leased at her father%s uneected /isit& But -dard has heard a rumour ofan inaroriate friendshi !eteen =oanna, still officially in ido%s eeds, andenniless commoner alh +onthermer& -dard, !elie/ing he has roof of aclandestine affair, immures =oanna in a nunnery and imrisons alh ithin Bristol#astle& "enry Tro$eloe, -dard%s cler$, stos him $illing alh, ho is alloed to li/ehile the cold, almost assionless "enry in/estigates& alh and =oanna%s only chanceof sur/i/al no lies in "enry%s hands, !ut ho can a confirmed !achelor e/en !egin to

understand the all7consuming assion !inding them5 .mmersed in the colours anddrama of +edie/al life, this richly e/ocati/e no/el com!ines fact and fiction to tell one ofhistory%s greatest !ut most secret lo/e affairs&

O# Lo6e %nd %r ,0999/ ,$riting %s =%ness% A&e:%nder/.n 1921, "enry :ilin is scouring the country see$ing out those ho, erhas, did notdo their !est for $ing and country during the :reat 3ar& @o he has come to the minington of #rouden and tears aart the li/es of the men and omen ho li/e there&

The Lo6ing Cu+ ,0991/ ,$riting %s =%ness% A&e:%nder/*amuel t$ins is deely in lo/e ith +aria -leanora, a !eautiful young oman from thecourt of Gueen #atherine& But t$ins is a oor cler$, and +aria -leanora a foreigner, sotheir lo/e must remain a secret& 3hen an imortant udge is found murdered, *amuel0eys% folloers are susected, and t$ins is arrested& *uddenly, +aria -leanorareaslies that to sa/e her lo/er and disco/er the hideous truth !ehind the crime, shemust thread her ay through !oth the treacherous alleys of 'ondon and the mur$y andmurderous olitics of those see$ing to destroy the $ing& Based on historical e/ents, The'o/ing #u not only ro!es one of the great murder mysteries of -nglish history !utalso recounts a lo/e story as assionate as it is secreti/e&

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The P&%gue Lord ,0990/.n 1>th century #hina, the legendary Ku!lai Khan rules o/er #athay and the +iddleKingdom& f his many ministers, his fa/ourite is +arco 0olo& 3hen the leaders of ademonic sect disaear from the desert to hich they ere !anished and threaten to

rea$ ha/oc, Ku!lai Khan turns to +arco for hel&

The L%st o# D%"s ,0913/The last days of "enry <...%s reign ere taut ith tension as the #ouncil factions,ruthless and oer7hungry, manoeu/red and fought& @ot to mention the tension ithinthe desot himself, his fears and ho!ias, the o!session he%d de/eloed ith theseually7dominating "oard omen& T"- '*T D;* chronicles the fascinatingdisintegration of this King, the murderous schemes that encircled him, and theemergence of the ruthless, !lood7smattered olitical order that folloed his death&

Roseb&ood ,091/

The Red Rose King "enry of 'ancaster%s days are num!ered& Deemed unfit for rule,e/en !y his on mother, he surely cannot last on the throne for long& *imon ose!lood7 'ondon lord, ta/erner and alderman 7 is one of fe loyal ser/ants left to fight hiscause&

The hite Rose uthless ichard of ;or$ has his eye firmly set on the cron 7 andlenty of oerful allies ho ill do anything to hel him in it& "enchman madeus*e/igny ma$es no !ones a!out enforcing his on authority and asserting la and order at ;or$%s command&

3hen ose!lood is summoned !y *e/igny to stand trial for a crime he $nos he didn%t

commit, their aths cross in ays that alter them !oth for e/er& nd as the 3ars of theoses looms, an e/en greater foe is oised to roc$ the foundations of -ngland, andrea$ horror in a hot!ed of olitical unrest&

;on#i!tionThe ("sterious De%th o# Tut%n*h%8un ,0993/ ISB; -@.1.11-5-5@*ince the disco/ery of Tutan$hamun%s magnificent tom! at The!es !y "oard #arterand 'ord #arnar/on in 1922, the young 0haraoh has catured the u!lic imagination&The !oy7$ing came to the throne aged 12 during one of -gyt%s most tur!ulent eriodshen religious dissent threatened to se/er the unity !uilt u !y a line of ar7li$eharaohs and e/en to shatter a far7flung emire& "e should ha/e li/ed out a long androserous reign !ut died mysteriously ust si years after his accession& 3as hesecretly assassinated !y the oerful cartel that ran the court and the country5 rmurdered !y y, his am!itious first minister, himself desirous of the imerial cron5"ere, using modern research, couled ith #arter%s original testimony, this thought7ro/o$ing account offers /ital ne clues to the e/entual fate of Tutan$hamun andilluminates the intrigue that surrounded his sudden and untimely end&

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Is%be&&% %nd the Str%nge De%th o# Ed$%rd II ,0993/ ISB; -@.1.11-.3-.t is said that the great oer of the chess!oard ueen can !e directly attri!uted to theetraordinary life of .sa!ella, ife to King -dard ..& !eautiful oman, the daughter of0hili .< of rance, .sa!ella as married to the !iseual -dard at the age of 12& Themarriage as intended to create a lasting eace !eteen -ngland and rance& .sa!ella

as for a time a loyal consort, hile -dard lurched from one crisis to another at homeand a!road, and transferred his affections from 0iers :a/eston to the more sinisterfa/ourite, "ugh de *encer the ;ounger, ho lost no oortunity to insult the ueen&

 fter 1> years she fled a!road, here she fell in lo/e ith the eiled oger +ortimer&Beteen them they raised an army of mercenaries and successfully deosed -dard,inflicting a gruesome death on "ugh de *encer& During her years as regent to her son,the future -dard ..., .sa!ella is !elie/ed to ha/e organiAed the notorious fate of herhus!and at Ber$eley #astle, hich e/entually resulted in the hanging of +ortimer atTy!urn&

A&e:%nder the 2re%t? the De%th o# % 2od $h%t or $ho re%&&" *i&&ed the "oung

!onFueror o# the *no$n $or&dG ,099/ ISB; -@.1.50-1573 1.n +ay >2> B# leander of +acedonia fell ill in Ba!ylon& 3ithin ten days he as dead&  military genius ho raged through the 0ersian emire, leander !elie/ed he as theson of :od, ith a desire for e/erlasting glory and an urge to march and conuer theorld& The Death of leander the :reat critically analyAes this etraordinary conuerorho achie/ed so much !efore he died at the early age of >>& leander as a man hoanted to !e a :od, a :ree$ ho anted to !e a 0ersian, a defender of li!erties hosent most of his life ta$ing aay the li!erties of others, and a $ing ho could !ecomassionate to the loliest yet ruthlessly ie out an ancient city li$e Tyre and crucify>,??? of its defenders& Doherty scrutiniAes the circumstances surrounding leander%sdeath as he lay seating !eside a simming ool in the summer alace of the 0ersian

$ings& Did leander die of alcoholism, a hideous !out of malaria, or ere other factorsin/ol/ed5 leander had !een arned not to enter Ba!ylon, so he surrounded himselfith outstanding catains of ar& This !oo$ is a dramatic reassessment of the leader%smysterious final days&

The 2re%t Cro$n <e$e& Robber" o# 1393 ,0995/ ISB; -@.1.50-1.@@+any eole $no of #olonel Blood%s attemt to steal the #ron =eels during thereign of #harles .. (166?7168C)& "oe/er, Blood%s consiracy asn%t the first, andcertainly not the most successful& .n 1>?>, hile -dard . of -ngland as north of the*cottish !order trying to crush 3illiam 3allace, he%d stashed his treasure safely in3estminster !!ey77!ehind iron7!ound doors, in a lace of sanctity hich housed#hrist%s !ody, not to mention ious Benedictine mon$s&

-nter ichard 0uddlicott, a former merchant ho had !een arrested in the 'o#ountries !ecause of -dard .%s de!ts& This charming dissolute rogue infiltrated the

 !!ey%s inner circle (entertaining them on the roceeds of their on sil/er) and, !eforelong, had heled himself to a good art of the treasure& The King%s fury $ne no!ounds, !ut 0uddlicott ran his men a merry dance !efore e/entually !eing catured andsent77along ith forty mon$s77to his death in the Toer&

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This comelling or$ is an ehilarating tale of cunning deceit, lechery, feisty /illains,meddling mon$s, greedy goldsmiths, and de/ious ims and rostitutes& .t ta$es the lidoff !oth the medie/al underorld and the assumed iousness of the monasticcommunity&

The Se!ret Li#e o# E&i>%beth I ,0997/ ISB; -@.1.@1551.53rom master historian 0aul Doherty comes a detecti/e story ith a difference trac$ingdon the real -liAa!eth ., and caturing the atmoshere of -liAa!ethan and =aco!ean-ngland& 3ritten as a %faction%, T"- *-#-T '.- -'.LB-T" . interrets originalsources through one of the Gueen%s ladies7in7aiting& These illuminating %recollections%form the !oo$, unco/ering e/erything from the assionate relationshi !eteen-liAa!eth and o!ert Dudley, to the stunning re/elation that they had a son, rthurDudley, seiAed !y the *anish in 1C8&

The De%th o# the Red King ,0997/ ISB; -@.1.@1551-01

3illiam .. of -ngland, nic$named Eufus the ed KingE as $illed !y an arro loosed !yone of his on men& By concentrating on !oth old and ne e/idence, the authordemonstrates that the $ing%s death is highly susect& Through the eyes of nselm, thegreat hilosoher and secret admirer of the ed King, the author de/elos a much morechilling interretation of the ed King%s death&

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