# The Hangman’s Hymn (Canterbury Tales Mysteries, Book 5)

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- Authors: [Paul Doherty](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-doherty)
- Publisher: headline
- ISBN: 978-07-4725-871-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2002-08-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.