City of Fiends
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3.5 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The city gates are closed; the killer is within the walls…
England, 1327. Sir Baldwin and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock have a major problem. The deposed King Edward II, imprisoned under their guard, has escaped. They must ride hard to Exeter to inform the sheriff.
But the sheriff has problems of his own. Overnight, the body of a young maid has been discovered in a dirty alleyway. The city’s gates had been shut against the lawlessness outside, so the perpetrator must still be in the town.
He tasks Baldwin with uncovering the truth behind this murder. But, with England in tumult, his task will be far from easy…
The thirty-first instalment in the Last Templar Mysteries series, perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Philippa Gregory.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 1327 England, Jecks's 31st Knights Templar mystery (after 2011's King's Gold) is a textbook example of how to blend action and detection in a historical. Supporters of Edward II, who was forced to abdicate and then imprisoned at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, are trying to free him. Meanwhile, as the historical record suggests, Bishop Berkeley, whose brother is the monarch's jailer, dies under suspicious circumstances. Fear about an uncertain future means that "all over the kingdom people went about in a state of constant worry." Against this tumultuous backdrop, the savage murder of a maid in Exeter comes to the attention of coroner Sir Richard de Welles and Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace. The complex truth behind the slaughter of the clergyman and the servant will satisfy readers as Jecks logically reconciles all the different plot elements by the end.
