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Michael Jecks

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Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Short Stories

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Michael Jecks is a best-selling writer of historical novels. The son of an Actuary, and the youngest of four brothers, he worked in the computer industry before becoming a novelist full time in 1994

He is the author of the internationally popular Templar series, perhaps the longest crime series written by a living author. Unusually, the series looks again at actual events and murders committed about the early fourteenth century, a fabulous time of treachery, civil war, deceit and corruption. Famine, war and disease led to widespread despair, and yet the people showed themselves to be resilient. The series is available as ebooks and all paper formats from Harper Collins, Headline and Simon and Schuster. More recently he has completed his Vint Michael Jecks is a best-selling writer of historical novels. The son of an Actuary, and the youngest of four brothers, he worked in the computer industry before becoming a novelist full time in 1994

He is the author of the internationally popular Templar series, perhaps the longest crime series written by a living author. Unusually, the series looks again at actual events and murders committed about the early fourteenth century, a fabulous time of treachery, civil war, deceit and corruption. Famine, war and disease led to widespread despair, and yet the people showed themselves to be resilient. The series is available as ebooks and all paper formats from Harper Collins, Headline and Simon and Schuster. More recently he has completed his Vintener Trilogy, three stories in his Bloody Mary series, and a new Crusades story set in 1096, Pilgrim's War, following some of the people in the first Crusade on their long pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He has also written a highly acclaimed modern spy thriller, Act of Vengeance.

His books have won him international acclaim and in 2007 his Death Ship of Dartmouth was shortlisted for the Harrogate prize for the best crime novel of the year.

A member of the Society of Authors and Royal Literary Society, Jecks was the Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association in 2004-2005. In 2005 he became a member of the Detection Club.

From 1998 he organised the CWA Debut Dagger competition for two years, helping unpublished authors to win their first contracts He judged the CWA/Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for three years.

Michael Jecks is a popular speaker at literary festivals and historical meetings. He is a popular after-dinner and motivational speaker and has spoken at events from Colombia to Italy, Portugal to Alaska.

His own highlights are: being the Grand Marshal of the first parade at the New Orleans 2014 Mardi Gras, designing the Michael Jecks fountain pen for Conway Stewart, and being the International Guest of Honour at the Crime Writers of Canada Bloody Words convention.

Michael lives, walks, writes and paints in North Dartmoor. ...more

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	The Last Templar (Knights Templar, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 3,302 ratings — published 1995 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Merchant's Partner (Knights Templar, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 1,399 ratings — published 1996 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Moorland Hanging (Knights Templar, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 1,170 ratings — published 1996 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fields of Glory (The Vintener Trilogy #1) 4.10 avg rating — 1,139 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crediton Killings (Knights Templar, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 1,022 ratings — published 1998 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Abbot's Gibbet (Knights Templar, #5) 4.10 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 1998 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leper's Return (Knights Templar, #6) 4.13 avg rating — 949 ratings — published 1999 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Belladonna at Belstone (Knights Templar, #8) 4.05 avg rating — 697 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Squire Throwleigh's Heir (Knights Templar, #7) 4.10 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood on the Sand (The Vintener Trilogy Book 2) 4.23 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 2015 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Vintaine (1 book)
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4.10 avg rating — 1,139 ratings

A Bloody Mary Mystery (9 books)
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The Art of Murder (2 books)
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“It is not the dying that matters, it is how the man lived.”
― Michael Jecks, The Oath

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Exceptional Books: * Top Author Lists for Mystery Lovers	1	233	Nov 07, 2011 08:51AM
Exceptional Books: Top 100 Authors: Mystery Novels	11	257	Nov 18, 2011 11:09PM
The Challenge Fac...: Speedy Sixers (6)	454	97	Dec 08, 2013 12:46AM
Ancient & Medieva...: JULY 2014 (Group Read 2): The Last Templar by Michael Jecks	93	101	Aug 15, 2014 02:04PM
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THE JAMES MASON C...: * FAVORITE FICTIONAL DETECTIVE	1026	1177	May 01, 2015 10:13AM

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“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
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Jun 10, 2016 08:23AM

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Aug 22, 2015 01:00AM

Stephanie wrote: ""They two
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Of a canoe that glides through fog of daybreak"
Hello! Stephanie"

Good to meet you here.

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Aug 22, 2015 12:46AM

"They two
Bent like marsh grass under the prow
Of a canoe that glides through fog of daybreak"
Hello! Stephanie

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message 6: by Beth

Nov 21, 2012 09:12AM

Hi Michael,
Thanks for befriending this fellow crime writer on Goodreads!

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Feb 12, 2012 09:38PM

thanks for being my friend

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message 3: by Savannah

Jan 27, 2012 02:54AM

Michael, thank you for the friendship..

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message 2: by Michael

Sep 07, 2011 08:14PM

Melisende wrote: "Visited my local library yesterday to restart the journey of your books - not one left!!! In all three branches!!!"

Hopefully they're being read, not sold off!

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Sep 04, 2011 12:17PM

Visited my local library yesterday to restart the journey of your books - not one left!!! In all three branches!!!

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