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The Deadliest Sin

by Susanna Gregory, Michael Jecks, Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, Philip Gooden Book 10 in the Medieval Murderers series.

First published 2014

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3.9(255)

During a deadly plague, a group of travellers takes shelter at an inn and considers which human sin has brought such punishment upon society. Their stories explore pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth through crimes committed in different medieval settings.

The anthology uses the travellers' enforced confinement to connect separate mysteries and competing moral judgements. As disease closes around the inn, the storytellers' debate becomes more urgent, raising the possibility that the most dangerous sin is not found in any single tale but among the company itself.

Historical Periods

Black Death1347–1351 CE

Genres

Crime & Mystery Gothic Fiction Historical Thriller

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