No Law in the Land

In this 27th installment of A Knights Templar Mysteries, we find ourselves still in the year 1325 and still dealing with a very broken and dangerous political and legal system. King Edward II is still under the thrall of his lover, Sir Hugh le Despenser, whose minions run roughshod over the law. When......more

Six-word Review: Power hunger threatens Baldwin and Puttock. One of the better Knights Templar Mysteries as Baldwin and Puttock are blamed for events over which they have no control. As in all of Jeck's books, the research makes the story believable with excellent characterizations, lots of exciting......more

Usually I'm a big fan of M.J.'s books, but this one, I found a bit difficult to stay focused. He keeps jumping back and forth from character/place to another character/place throughout the book. Wasn't till the last 130 pages that I found myself gripped by the characters and their predicaments.......more

Not a traditional whodunit but all the stronger for it. A great historical crime series - full review at classicmystery.wordpress.com......more

This is Michael Jecks’s newest novel in his Knight Templars series, involving Baldwin de Furnshill, knight and gentleman, and his friend, commoner, Simon Puttock. The series of murder mysteries has been very popular and the novels are a good solid read, full of action, adventure and a taste of anoth......more