A Haunt of Murder

Name: A Haunt of Murder
Rating: 4.31 (1199 reviews)

by Paul Doherty Book 6 in the Canterbury Tales Mysteries series.

First published 2002

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As Chaucer’s pilgrims travel through Kent, darkness leaves them lost in a forest reputed to be haunted. Around the fire, with unfamiliar sounds beyond the camp, the Clerk of Oxford answers the company’s unease by telling a tale in which love, death and the supernatural appear impossible to separate.

The framing journey belongs to the troubled reign of Richard II, but the mystery lies inside the Clerk’s story. Apparitions and fear create the atmosphere, while the possibility of human guilt remains beneath the ghostly surface. The tale asks whether the dead are truly disturbing the living or whether someone among the living has reason to make old violence appear supernatural.