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Michael Jecks
Princess Elizabeth's unlikely assassin finds himself on the hook for two murders in this light-hearted Tudor mystery series!
August, 1558. As London is bustling with growing trade from foreign lands…
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March 1557 Jack Blackjack is back in London enjoying a sedentary life. But his new parish of St Helen's has different ideas for him. . . a week after laying…
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Join accidental sleuth, Nick Morris, in his second mystery in The Art of Murder series.
When an offer to paint a beautiful Georgian house in the Peak District falls into…
Struggling artist, Nick Morris paints pet portraits to pay the bills but is always just one big commission away from the big time. Which is why he agrees to paint…
Michael Jecks is one of the most popular and high profile medieval mystery authors
July, 1556. En route to France and escape from Queen Mary’s men, Jack Blackjack spends the night at a Devon tavern, agrees to a game of dice - and ends…
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The twenty-first novel in Michael Jecks’ Knights Templar series is another fascinating murder mystery from 14th-century Devon
The long-awaited prequel to Michael Jecks’ bestselling Knight Templar Mystery Series.
April,1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, his body left to rot by the roadside - and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his…
Light-fingered Jack Blackjack knows he’s not having a good day when he wakes with a sore head next to a dead body in a tavern’s yard. But when he discovers…
Having been ordered to kill a man, former cutpurse turned paid assassin Jack Blackjack determines to save him instead. But Jack defies his spymaster at his peril . and even…
April, 1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, his body left to rot by the roadside - and Jack Blackjack stands accused of…
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Jack’s employer believes there is a spy in the princess’s household and Jack has been ordered to kill her. He has no choice but to agree but, when he arrives…
London. May, 1556. Hal Westmecott reckons Jack Blackjack owes him a favour, and orders Jack to track down his long-lost son - and although it seems an impossible task, Jack’s…
Introducing Tudor cutpurse and adventurer Jack Blackjack in the first of a historical mystery series set in 1550s London.
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…
‘The most wickedly plotted medieval mystery novels’ The Times
Having been ordered to kill a man, former cutpurse turned paid assassin Jack Blackjack determines to save him instead. But Jack defies his spymaster at his peril … and even…
The bailiff of Lydford Castle, Simon Puttock is summoned to the scene of a burned-out cottage and a corpse in the nearby village, and joins forces with the mysterious newcomer…
Michael Jecks is one of the best-known and highest profile medieval mystery authors
The twenty-second novel Knights Templar mystery is a riveting tale of murder and intrigue in the King’s Court
Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock must risk their own lives to protect the Queen of England in Michael Jecks’ cleverly plotted twenty-third medieval mystery
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…
Michael Jecks brings medieval England to life in the the fourteenth mystery featuring the ever-popular Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock
A fascinating fifteenth mystery in Michael Jecks’ Knights Templar series featuring Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock
The brooding Scilly Isles provide the backdrop to the absorbing sixteenth mystery featuring the ever-popular Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock
Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock’s seventeenth mystery is a compelling tale of evil and darkness
The gripping nineteenth novel in Michael Jecks’ popular series featuring Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock
The compulsive and evocative twentieth novel in the series featuring Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock
Bloody revenge on the streets of Paris threaten Sir Baldwin Furnshill’s royal mission in the twenty-fourth novel in this brilliant medieval crime series
Michael Jecks brings us the twenty-sixth Knights Templar mystery in The King of Thieves, a gripping medieval adventure in 14th-century France.
