Michael Jecks
Author
Series
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
The Knights Templar: They had all joined taking three vows: poverty, chastity, and obedience…for they were monks: warrior monks, dedicated to the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land -- until stories spread by an avaricious king who wanted their wealth for his own destroyed the order. There was one knight, however, who escaped the stake, vowing justice as he watched his innocent brothers die. A Dastardly Deed: When the mutilated body of midwife...
Author
Series
Art of murder ; 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nick Morris is your classic struggling artist. He paints pet portraits to pay the bills but is always just one big commission away from a more comfortable life. Which is why he agrees to paint the reluctant, hot-tempered hotelier, Jason Robart. But Nick gets more than he bargained for when he finds Jason dead from a shotgun blast to the head in an apparent suicide. No one seems upset about his death except for his girlfriend Elizabeth, and Nick,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
It's 1327 and England is in turmoil. King Edward II has been removed from the throne and his son installed in his place. The old man's rule had proved a disaster for the realm and many hope that his removal may mean the return of peace to England's cities. Keeper of the King's Peace, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock had been tasked with guarding Edward II, but they have failed in their task and now ride fast to Exeter...
4) The oath
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The threat of war looms over England
1326. In an England riven with conflict, knight and peasant alike find their lives turned upside down by the warring factions of Edward II with his hated favourite, Hugh le Despenser, and Edward's estranged queen Isabella and her lover, Sir Roger Mortimer.
Yet even in such times the brutal slaughter of an entire family still has the power to shock. Three further murders follow, and bailiff Simon Puttock is drawn...
Author
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
The town is a powder keg ready to explode... All it needs is a match.
England, 1320. The threat of civil war lies heavily on the kingdom. The monk Ralph of Houndeslow is new to Crediton's leper hospital. He finds that not only are his charges appallingly ill, but bigotry means that they are all shunned by the people of the town.
The citizens of Crediton are appalled when the goldsmith is found murdered, and his daughter assaulted. Sir Baldwin Furnshill...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The arrival of the Bishop of Exeter in the small Devonshire town of Crediton makes life difficult for Simon Puttock, bailiff of Lydford, and former Knight Templar Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, a situation complicated by the appearance of an unsavory band of mercenary soldiers and the discovery of the body of a murdered girl.
Author
Series
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
The discovery of a young girl's skeleton leads to Simon and Baldwin's darkest investigation yet...
As the summer of 1322 brings sun to the Devonshire countryside, it seems that the small village of Sticklepath is destined to remain in gloom. Two playmates uncover the body of a young girl up on the moors. The body is that of Aline, the ten-year-old daughter of Swetricus, who went missing six years ago.
Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace,...
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Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, and his friend, Bailiff Simon Puttock, arrive at Lord Hugh de Courtenay's castle at Tiverton for the feast. When a messenger arrives calling for the Coroner, Baldwin and Simon accompany him to view the body of Sir Gilbert of Carlisle, Despenser's ambassador to Lord Hugh. Not far off lies a second corpse; the decapitated figure of Dyne."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Pace, together with his old friend Bailiff Simon Puttock, are summoned to investigate" when a young nun is murdered, and many of the nuns believe that Sister Margherita, the treasurer, would make a better prioress of St. Mary's than Lady Elizabeth of Topsham who is known to see the new vicar, "often ... alone--at night."--Cover.
10) Death comes hot
Author
Series
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"London. May, 1556. Hal Westmecott, one of the city's most feared executioners, reckons Jack Blackjack owes him a favour - and now he's come to collect his dues. Hal has ordered Jack to track down his long-lost son and, although Jack believes he's been set an impossible task, he's in no position to refuse. But when Jack's search draws him to the attention of a ruthless nobleman, a dead priest's vengeful brother and finally to a bloodstained body in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock were to have received the prestigious gloves of honour in a special ceremony, but first the murder of the cathedral's glovemaker then another murder lead them into an investigation that involves many of Exeter's leading citizens.
Author
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"April, 1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, to the east of the City of London, his body left to rot by the roadside - and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his murder. As well as clearing his name, Jack has his own reasons for wanting to find out who really killed the priest - but this is an investigation where nothing is as it seems. Was it a random attack by a desperate outlaw, or do the answers lie in the murdered...
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"August, 1556. Jack Blackjack is on a simple mission: make it back home to his beloved London. He's made it as far as Exeter, where he's faced with a dead priest and a devious Dean who's determined to see the back of him. So when a wealthy merchant offers passage to London via sea, Jack jumps at the chance . and unwittingly into further danger!"--
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"July, 1556. En route to France and escape from Queen Mary's men, Jack Blackjack decides to spend the night at a Devon tavern, agrees to a game of dice - and ends up accused of murder. To make matters worse, the dead man turns out to have been the leader of the all-powerful miners who rule the surrounding moors - and they have no intention of waiting for the official court verdict to determine Jack's guilt. But who would frame Jack for murder ......
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"March, 1557. Jack Blackjack is back in London and enjoying a sedentary life - after his treacherous voyage back to his beloved city the previous year, he desires nothing more than the simple pleasures - women, wine, beer and more women. But his new parish of St Helen's has different ideas for him. . . a week after first laying eyes on the tempting Miss Rachel Nailor, she turns up horribly dead on the church vestry floor. . . and someone is trying...
17) A missed murder
Author
Series
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When Jack Blackjack disobeys the orders of his spymaster, he enters dangerous waters in this lively Tudor mystery. London, 1555. Queen Mary is newly married to Philip II of Spain - and not everyone is happy about the alliance. The kingdom is divided between those loyal to Catholic Mary and those who support her half-sister, Lady Elizabeth. Former cutpurse turned paid assassin Jack Blackjack has more immediate matters to worry about. Having been ordered...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"As the year 1326 draws to a close, London is in flames. King Edward II is held prisoner, and the mercenaries and rebels led by the vengeful Queen Isabella and her lover, Sir Roger Mortimer, are in the ascendant. While the richest in the kingdom fight over the spoils of the invasion, the Bardi family, bankers who once funded the King, are in a quandary. They must look to their own future with the Queen as the mob rampages over the city, steering a...