The Leper’s Return A Knights Templar Mystery
The Leper’s Return A Knights Templar Mystery by Michael Jecks is a historical fiction novel published by HarperCollins on August 29, 2006. This edition spans 416 pages and is presented in English. The narrative centers around the Knights Templar, warrior monks who once protected pilgrims in the Holy Land, and follows a knight who escapes persecution while seeking justice for his fallen brothers.
In a time of rising tensions and impending civil war in Crediton, the story unfolds with the murder of a local gold merchant and the assault on his daughter. Sir Baldwin Furnshill, a former Knight Templar and Keeper of the King’s Peace, along with his partner Simon Puttock, must navigate the complexities of the investigation. As they delve deeper, they confront the dangerous rumors linking the town’s misfortunes to the lepers of St. Lawrence’s hospital, raising the stakes for both the investigation and the vulnerable outcasts of society.
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The Knights Templar
They were warrior monks, dedicated to the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land—until an avaricious king destroyed the order. One knight, however, escaped the stake, vowing justice for his murdered brothers.
A fatal tide of intolerance
With civil war looming, tensions are high in the town of Crediton—and the foul murder of a local gold merchant and assault on his daughter merely feed the flames. Keeper of the King’s Peace and former Knight Templar, Sir Baldwin Furnshill, and his partner, Simon Puttock, bailiff of Lydford, must find the culprit and resist the temptation to quickly condemn the most obvious suspect. But their cool heads may not prevail, for rumors are spreading that suggest the lepers of St. Lawrence’s hospital—the shunned outcasts of society—are somehow responsible for Crediton’s current ills. And any delay on the part of Furnshill and Puttock in apprehending a killer may well lead to a full-scale slaughter of the despised unfortunates.
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