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Overview: The Canterbury tales is a series of historical mystery novels by British novelist Paul Doherty. The book consists of stories that are told by passengers of real-life historical English poet Geoffrey Chaucer who trekked from London, England to Canterbury during the medieval era. The series revolve around ghostly thesis. Here are the Canterbury Tales books in order of when they were originally released
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
1 An Ancient Evil (1993)
*As the travellers set out on their pilgrimage, the first tale of death and deceit falls to the Knight… Paul Doherty relates the Knight’s tale in An Ancient Evil – a tale of mystery and murder as he goes on pilgrimage from London to Canterbury. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters and Susanna Gregory. As the travellers gather in the Tabard Inn at the start of a pilgrimage to pray before the blessed bones of St Thomas à Becket in Canterbury, they agree eagerly to host Harry’s suggestion of amusing themselves on each day of their journey with one tale, and each evening with another – but the latter to be of mystery, terror and murder. The Knight begins that evening: his tale opens with the destruction of a sinister cult at its stronghold in the wilds of Oxfordshire by Sir Hugo Mortimer during the reign of William the Conqueror, and then moves to Oxford some two hundred years later where strange crimes and terrible murders are being committed. The authorities seem powerless but Lady Constance, Abbess of the Convent of St Anne’s, believes the murders are connected with the legends of the cult and she petitions the King for help. As the murders continue unabated, special commissioner Sir Godfrey Evesden and royal clerk Alexander McBain uncover clues that lead to a macabre world sect, which worships the dark lord. But they can find no solution to a series of increasingly baffling questions, and matters are not helped by the growing rift between Sir Godfrey and McBain for the hand and favour of the fair Lady Emily…
2 A Tapestry of Murders (1994)
Chaucer’s pilgrims, quarrelling amongst themselves, are now in open countryside enjoying the fresh spring weather as they progress slowly towards Canterbury. A motley collection of travellers, they each have their dark secrets, hidden passions and complex lives. As they shelter in a tavern from a sudden April shower they choose the Man of Law to narrate the next tale of fear and sinister dealings. In August 1358, the Dowager Queen Isabella, mother of King Edward III, the ‘She Wolf of France’, who betrayed and destroyed her husband because of her adulterous infatuation for Roger Mortimer, lies dying of the pestilence in the sombre fortress of Castle Rising, where her ‘loving’ son has kept her incarcerated. According the Man of Law, Isabella dies and her body is taken along the Mile End Road and laid to rest in Greyfriars next to the mangled remains of her lover, who has paid dearly for his presumption in loving a queen. Nevertheless, as in life so in death Isabella causes intrigue, violence and murder. Nicholas Chirke, an honest young lawyer, is brought in to investigate the strange events following her death — and quickly finds himself at his wits’ end trying to resolve the mysteries before a great scandal unfolds.
3 A Tournament of Murders (1996)
Chaucer’s pilgrims are sheltering in a friary, as they settle for the night the Franklin tells a tale. On his death bed Gilbert Savage tells his squire that the story of his parents perishing during the plague is untrue. But to uncover the truth he must go to Colchester and find Hugo Coticol.
4 Ghostly Murders (1997)
The Canterbury tales starts when Chaucer’s pilgrims take refuge in the wreck of a church. In this tale, the Priest narrates his mystifying story. The story is about young Philip Trumpington, the new Scawsby parish priest. Philip finds out that the old church has astonishing secrets. The secrets involve the massacre of some Templars years ago. The Templars were massacred on the marshes by Romenal, a former vicar. Philip finds out the old church is haunted by ‘The Watchers’ and the villagers are affected by an awful curse. The ancient evil has to be determined and amendments made. But the price will be great.
5 The Hangman’s Hymn (2001)
Even death itself cannot keep three witches at bay…
Stumbling upon an execution, Chaucer’s pilgrims witness a hanging that leaves the carpenter in a dead faint. That evening, he narrates the tale of a Gloucester hangman whose involvement in the secretive punishment of three witches unleashes a vicious spate of revenge killings.
When homeless and jobless, Simon Cotterill joins a hangman’s crew replacing a man who was himself sent to the gibbet, he feels rejected even by the desperate men he now works with. Until he learns the secret of how a hanged man can walk away from his own grave…
Meanwhile from the forest paths around Gloucester, young women are disappearing. When a disfigured corpse is found, the mayor suspects a coven of witches is preying on vulnerable souls, and arrests three hideous hags. Afraid the town’s prosperity could suffer from a reputation for witchcraft, he holds a midnight trial that condemns the women. They are taken to be hanged. But the unearthly sounds of the forest at night frighten even the hangmen, and a violent storm drives them to seek shelter, leaving the witches swinging from the gibbet tree. The next morning their bodies are gone. Then, one by one, every person who took part in the trial is found dead, and Simon is forced into hiding to save his own life…
6 A Haunt of Murder (2002)
As night sets in, Chaucer’s weary pilgrims find themselves in a Kent copse, rumored to be haunted. Huddling around the fire, they persuade the Clerk of Oxford to tell a ghostly tale of love and death will further chill their blood…
It’s May Day 1381, and Beatrice Arrowner is on her way to Ravenscroft Castle to share in the feasting with the clerk, Ralph Mortimer. But the sinister events of the last few days soon cast a cloud over the festivities. Phoebe, a castle maid, has been murdered and Fulk, the local miller’s son, has disappeared. So when another guest at Raavenscroft is found murdered, it seems that the evil spirits which haunt the Midnight Tower are doing their worst.
Certain that there’s a connection between these events and his search for the legendary Brythnoth’s jewelled cross, Ralph knows that his own life may be in danger…
7 The Midnight Man (2012)
As Chaucer’s pilgrims shelter for the night, it’s the physician’s turn to enthrall his fellow travellers with a terrifying tale. When Brother Anselm and his novice Stephen are summoned to the Church of St Michael’s, Candlewick, to perform an exorcism, the demons that plague the church appear to have been summoned by an infamous sorcerer known as the Midnight Man. But what has he unwittingly unleashed—and why? Is there any link to the disappearance of young women in the area? Before Anselm can get to the truth, he must first uncover the identity of the mysterious Midnight Man.
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