The Death Ship of Dartmouth (Last Templar Mysteries 21): A fascinating murder mystery from 14th-century Devon (Knights Templar Mysteries (Headline)) - Softcover

Jecks, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755323025 ISBN 13: 9780755323029

Publisher: Headline, 2006

Synopsis

When a body is found lying in the road, many in Dartmouth assume that a drunk had fallen and killed himself. At the same time, the town is on alert because a ship has been found ravaged by pirates out at sea, the crew killed or captured. Is this the beginning of a new onslaught by pirates, or is something more sinister happening?

Sir Baldwin de Furnshill has been told of spies and messengers being sent to the great traitor Roger Mortimer in France. If the messengers reach Mortimer, civil war in England will soon break out. This is the most important investigation of their lives: it could result in their own execution if they fail to learn the facts. But if they succeed, other men will want them silenced forever.

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Review:

In this richly atmospheric series of medieval murder mysteries, Michael Jecks gives us tales steeped in intrigue and historical detail. Skillfully evoking the colorful, but often brutal tableaux of the Middle Ages, Jecks has drawn comparison with Ellis Peters. Now former Knight Templar Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock, his savvy sleuths, are on the case again in another compelling, well-crafted tale.

Book Description:

The twenty-first novel in Michael Jecks' Knights Templar series is another fascinating murder mystery from 14th-century Devon

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0755323025
• ISBN 13: 9780755323029
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 512