Prologue – In which Bernard Knight lays the foundation for the ghoulish tales that follow.
Act One – In which Bernard Knight tells how Crowner John arrives at the priory of Bermondsey to investigate murder most foul.
Act Two – In which Ian Morson’s William Falconer uncovers dark deeds during an eclipse of the moon.
Act Three – In which Michael Jecks’ Keeper Sir Baldwin and Bailiff Puttock uncovers a treasonous plot.
Act Four – In which Philip Gooden relates how the poet Chaucer becomes embroiled in the priory’s dark history.
Act Five – In which Susanna Gregory’s Thomas Chaloner, spy for the Lord Chancellor of England, avenges a violent death.
Epilogue – In which Bernard Knight exposes the final secret.