The Book of Fires

Name: The Book of Fires
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by Paul Doherty

Book 14 in the Brother Athelstan Mysteries series.

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Solve the case, or risk London being engulfed in the flames...February, 1381. A ruthless killer known as the Ignifer Fire Bringer is rampaging through London, bringing agonising death and destruction in his wake.He appears to be targeting all those involved in the recent trial and conviction of the beautiful Lady Isolda Beaumont, burned at the stake for the murder of her husband. As the late Sir Walter Beaumont was a close friend of the Regent, John of Gaunt orders Sir John Cranston and Brother Athelstan to investigate.In the dead man's possession was a copy of the mysterious ' Book of Fires', containing the secret formula of a devastating weapon, the so-called Greek Fire.

M. Powell, S G Mac Lean and S. J. Parris