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Knights Templar Series

32 primary works • 33 total works
The Medieval West Country mysteries are set in 14th century Devon, England.
The protagonists are Simon Puttock and Sir Baldwin Furnshill

Book 1

The Last Templar
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3.77 · 3290 Ratings · 254 Reviews · published 1995 · 44 editions
The Knights Templar
They had all joined taking thre…

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    Book 2

    The Merchant's Partner
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    3.96     · 1390 Ratings · 80 Reviews · published 1996 · 39 editions
    No clues, and everyone’s a suspect...

    Agatha Kyte…

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    Book 3

    A Moorland Hanging
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    4.01     · 1165 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 1996 · 33 editions
    The Knights Templar
    They had all joined taking thr…

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    Book 4

    The Crediton Killings
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    4.05     · 1019 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1998 · 32 editions
    The Knights Templar

    They were warrior monks, dedica…

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    Book 5

    The Abbot's Gibbet
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    4.10     · 972 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 1998 · 31 editions
    The knights templar

    They were warrior monks, dedica…

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    Book 6

    The Leper's Return
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    4.13     · 948 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 1999 · 29 editions
    When a local goldsmith, Godfrey of Harwood, is fou…

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    Book 7

    Squire Throwleigh's Heir
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    4.10     · 659 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 1999 · 15 editions
    The fates are not being kind to the Hatherleighs. …

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    Book 8

    Belladonna at Belstone
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    4.05     · 695 Ratings · 46 Reviews · published 1999 · 14 editions
    It is 1321, and Lady Elizabeth of Topsham, priores…

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    Book 9

    The Traitor of St Giles
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    4.13     · 602 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 2000 · 17 editions
    In 1321, the King's favorite, Hugh Despenser, is u…

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    Book 10

    The Boy-Bishop's Glovemaker
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    4.06     · 613 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2000 · 12 editions
    For Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Pe…

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    Book 11

    The Tournament of Blood
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    4.12     · 496 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2001 · 16 editions
    It is 1322, and Lord Hugh de Courtenay's plan to h…

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    Book 12

    The Sticklepath Strangler
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    4.06     · 533 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2001 · 13 editions
    As the summer of 1322 brings sun to the Devonsh…

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    Book 13

    The Devil's Acolyte
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    4.15     · 447 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 2002 · 14 editions
    Amidst the myths and folklore of Tavistock, one ta…

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    Book 14

    The Mad Monk of Gidleigh
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    4.14     · 534 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2002 · 16 editions
    Alone in his isolated, windswept chapel on the edg…

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    Book 15

    The Templar's Penance
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    4.09     · 449 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2003 · 13 editions
    It is 1323, and Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simo…

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    Book 16

    The Outlaws of Ennor
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    4.09     · 389 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2003 · 13 editions
    Shipwrecked, Baldwin and Simon are washed ashore o…

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    Book 17

    The Tolls of Death
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    4.12     · 430 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2004 · 12 editions
    After their grueling journeys to Galicia and Scill…

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    Book 18

    The Chapel of Bones
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    4.04     · 499 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2004 · 15 editions
    Murder is again polluting the Exeter Cathedral clo…

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    Book 19

    The Butcher of St Peter's
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    4.12     · 414 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2005 · 11 editions
    When a villager's property is burned to the ground…

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    Book 20

    A Friar's Bloodfeud
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    4.15     · 378 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2005 · 16 editions
    The twentieth novel in Michael Jecks's medieval Kn…

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    Book 21

    Death Ship of Dartmouth
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    4.08     · 400 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2006 · 13 editions
    When a body is found lying in the road, many in Da…

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    Book 22

    The Malice of Unnatural Death
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    4.20     · 367 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2007 · 15 editions
    1324. The kingdom is in an uproar. Roger Mortimer—…

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    Book 23

    Dispensation of Death
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    4.20     · 364 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2007 · 15 editions
    It's January 1325 and England is a hotbed of paran…

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    Book 24

    The Templar, the Queen and Her Lover
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    4.06     · 382 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 2008 · 13 editions
    The twenty-fourth novel in Michael Jecks?s medieva…

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    Book 25

    The Prophecy of Death
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    4.06     · 365 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 2008 · 20 editions
    It is 1325 and there is turmoil in England, but th…

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    Book 26

    The King of Thieves
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    4.10     · 364 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2008 · 13 editions
    It's 1325, and Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Keeper of…

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    Book 27

    No Law in the Land
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    4.24     · 331 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 2009 · 18 editions
    When King Edward II is told that his wife has defi…

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    Book 28

    The Bishop Must Die
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    4.17     · 328 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2010 · 15 editions
    1326. In France, King Edward II’s estranged wife Q…

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    Book 29

    The Oath
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    4.09     · 408 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2010 · 21 editions
    Set amid the turmoil of war, when nobody's life is…

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    Book 30

    King's Gold
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    4.05     · 374 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2011 · 24 editions
    As the year 1326 draws to a close, London is in fl…

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    Book 31

    City of Fiends
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    4.21     · 366 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 2012 · 24 editions
    It's 1327 and England is in turmoil. King Edward I…

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    Book 32

    Templar's Acre
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    4.30     · 324 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2013 · 21 editions
    The Holy Land, 1291. A war has been raging across …

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    Book 14-16

    The Last Templar Collection: Volume 1: Three engrossing medieval mysteries in one unmissable collection
    by
    3.84     · 274 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    Escape into the evocative medieval world of Sir Ba…

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