Michael Jecks

Michael Jecks has written 30 books to date in the Knights Templar series aka Medieval West Country Mysteries – the Knights Templar tag has appeared on the the more recent books.

• The Last Templar (March 1995)

Introducing Simon Puttock, newly appointed to the post of bailiff. When investigating a death in a burned out house, Sir Baldwin Furnshill, a local lord of the manor, suggests that the man was murdered. When a passing abbot is also burned to death, Simon must find the killer and bring them to justice.

• The Merchant’s Partner (November 1995)
• Moorland Hanging (May 1996)
• The Crediton Killings (June 1997)
• The Abbot’s Gibbet (April 1998)
• The Leper’s Return (November 1998)
• Squire Throwleigh’s Heir (June 1999)
• Belladonna at Belstone (December 1999)
• The Traitor of St. Giles (May 2000)
• The Boy Bishop’s Glovemaker (December 2000)
• The Tournament of Blood (June 2001)
• The Sticklepath Strangler (November 2001)
• The Devil’s Acolyte (June 2002)
• The Mad Monk of Gidleigh (December 2002)
• The Templar’s Penance (June 2003)
• The Outlaws of Ennor (January 2004)
• The Tolls of Death (May 2004)

Returning from a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Simon and Baldwin pass through the village of Cardinham in Cornwall, only to find a local woman has apparently hanged herself. They have their suspicions, which are soon confirmed as more deaths follow…

• The Chapel of Bones (December 2004)
• The Butcher of St Peter’s (May 2005)
• A Friar’s Bloodfeud (June 2006)
• The Death Ship of Dartmouth (November 2006)
• The Malice of Unnatural Death (December 2006)
• Dispensation of Death (June 2007)
• The Templar, The Queen and Her Lover (December 2007)
• The Prophecy of Death (June 2008)
• The King of Thieves (November 2008)
• No Law in the Land (June 2009)
• The Bishop Must Die (November 2009)
• The Oath (2010)
• The King’s Gold (2011)