The Templar's Penance (Knights Templar Series #15)

by Michael Jecks

Overview

A pilgrimage across Europe throws up more than was bargained for...

The fascinating fifteenth mystery in Michael Jecks' Knights Templar series, featuring the much-loved characters Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Simon Puttock. Perfect for fans of George R. R. Martin and Paul Doherty.

'Brisk medieval whodunnit' - Literary Review

It is the summer of 1323, and Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock have been granted leave to go on pilgrimage. Together they travel across Europe to Santiago de Compostela. But danger is never far away, and when a beautiful girl is found murdered on a hillside, the friends are among the first on the scene.

Baldwin and Simon lend their investigative skills to the inquiry, headed by the local pesquisidore. But the unexpected appearance of a face from Baldwin's past could threaten the investigation, as well as the future of Baldwin himself...

What readers are saying about The Templar's Penance:

'Set in England and overseas, this is a great read from the master of medieval mystery. These books are really well researched and give you a taste of life in the middle ages - great read'

'It reads very well, the characters, the places and situations all hold one's interest'

'Five stars'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472219763
Publisher:	Headline Book Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	02/27/2014
Series:	Knights Templar Mystery Series , #15
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	486,545
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Michael Jecks gave up a career in the computer industry to concentrate on his writing. He is the founder of Medieval Murderers, has been Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association, and helped create the Historical Writers' Association. Keen to help new writers, for some years he organised the Debut Dagger competition, and is now organising the AsparaWriting festival for new writers at Evesham. He has judged many prizes, including the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. Michael is an international speaker on writing and for business. He lives with his wife, children and dogs in northern Dartmoor.
Michael Jecks gave up a career in the computer industry to concentrate on writing and the study of medieval history, especially that of Devon and Cornwall. He lives with his family in northern Dartmoor.

Editorial Reviews

In Michael Jecks's 15th intricate historical, The Templar's Penance: A Medieval West Country Mystery, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock travel on pilgrimage to Santiago de Campostela, where they find themselves looking into the brutal rape and murder of a young girl. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Bailiff Simon Puttock of Lydford and Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, member of the once-powerful, now-destroyed, Order of the Knights Templar (The Mad Monk of Gidleigh, p. 575, etc.), make a pilgrimage south and discover that 14th-century vice flourishes just as strongly in Spain. Once they're settled in the home of elected investigator Munio in Santiago de Compestela, they're soon apprised of a series of crimes confounding their host. One outrage focuses on Prioress Dona Stephania of the convent at nearby Vigo. Now divorced from Gregory, her husband, and living in Compestela, she is being blackmailed on the basis of a one-time sexual indiscretion. When her faithful maid Joana volunteers to meet the blackmailer and make the payoff, both she and the money vanish. Her brutally raped and beaten body is found soon after, but not the payment. Her murder is but one in a series of puzzles for the doughty pair. Among the others is the killing of Matthew, a Knight Templar turned street beggar. The rash of felonies is enough to make Simon seriously ill. While he's nursed back to health by Munio's English-born wife Margarita, Baldwin sails to Portugal in pursuit of the man he thinks is Joana's killer. An overpopulated, overplotted saga: not one of Jecks's stronger efforts.

Kirkus Reviews