{"product_id":"2026100005019-secondhand-red-slayer-being-the-second-of-the-sorrowful-mysteries-of-brother-athelstan","title":"Red Slayer: Being The Second Of The Sorrowful Mysteries Of Brother Athelstan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good         ,          price clipped\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the grim, fog-laden backdrop of fourteenth-century London, this gripping historical mystery chronicles the investigations of Brother Athelstan, a Dominican friar and parish priest of Southwark, alongside his reluctant partner Sir John Cranston, the corpulent and boisterous Coroner of London. Red Slayer plunges readers into the forbidding Tower of London, where a soldier is found murdered in a locked room during a bitter winter night, presenting an apparently impossible crime that demands a razor-sharp mind to unravel. Paul Harding constructs a richly atmospheric puzzle steeped in medieval intrigue, political treachery, and the ever-present shadow of violent death, rendering the period with vivid and authoritative detail. The dynamic between the pious, scholarly Athelstan and the bawdy, larger-than-life Cranston injects the narrative with sharp wit and genuine warmth, balancing the novel's darker suspense with moments of genuine humor. A masterwork of the medieval whodunit genre, Red Slayer rewards readers who relish both meticulous historical atmosphere and a cunningly plotted mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887947559131,"sku":"2026100005019-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e8d4ff72-0138-4140-9471-11a684311431.png?v=1781750244","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100005019-secondhand-red-slayer-being-the-second-of-the-sorrowful-mysteries-of-brother-athelstan","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}