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Michael Jecks gave up a career in the computer industry when he began writing the internationally successful Templar series. Well all I can say is the Computer Industries loss is the reader's gain. He has now written about a score of the Knights Templar mystery books featuring Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock and there are more to follow. Michael's books are full of intrigue and mystery and they are particularly well researched. Mr. Jecks lives in the area he writes about and I am sure this must assist him a great deal with his background research.
This book as with most of Mr. Jecks other novels in the series takes place in Devon, barely two years before the infamous Despenser's were brought to summary justice.
The small haven of Dartmouth lies on the mouth of the river Dart, hence its name. The townsfolk are well used fights and scuffles among the sailors who come ashore to spend their hard earned pay. When a body is found lying in the middle of the road it is assumed that he has probably had too much to drink and fallen with fatal results.
The death is soon put to one side as the townspeople have other things on their mind. A ship, the St. John has been found out in the channel. It has been attacked by pirates. The crew are missing either captured or killed by the brigands. The people of Dartmouth are worried that this could be a new wave of strikes by the pirates. This would normally be bad enough, but is there something even more sinister afoot.
Spies and messengers are being sent to the traitor Roger Mortimer in France. If the messengers reach Mortimer civil war could erupt in England. Sir Baldwin and Simon must try to get to the truth quickly, but they know that this investigation could result in their own executions. There are powerful men waiting in the background and failure is not an option. But even if they succeed, other factions will want their heads on a pole.
