Fan CastingThe Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan

Brother Athelstan is a Dominican friar, priest to St Erconwald’s in Southwark, and secretarius to Sir John Cranston, the coroner of the City of London. There is a recurring cast of parishioners as well, but, as the books are set in the reign of Richard II (the late 14th century), there is also the political background of general unrest to provide additional detail to the stories, building to the Peasants’ Revolt in the most recent titles. Usually (but not always) features an impossible crime. read more