The Moorland murderers /
Jecks, Michael,
The Moorland murderers / Michael Jecks. - 218 pages ; 23 cm. - A Bloody Mary mystery Bloody Mary mystery ; bk. 6 Jack Blackjack Tudor mystery ; bk. 6 . - Jecks, Michael. Jack Blackjack Tudor mystery ; bk. 6. .
July, 1556. En route to France and escape from Queen Mary's men, Jack Blackjack decides to spend the night at a Devon tavern, agrees to a game of dice - and ends up accused of murder. To make matters worse, the dead man turns out to have been the leader of the all-powerful miners who rule the surrounding moors - and they have no intention of waiting for the official court verdict to determine Jack's guilt. But who would frame Jack for murder . . . and why? Alone and friendless in a lawless land of cut-throats, outlaws and thieves, Jack realizes that the only way to clear his name - and save his skin - is to unmask the real killer. But knowing nothing of the local ways and customs, how is he to even begin? As Jack's attempts to find answers stirs up a hornet's nest of warring factions within the town, events soon start to spiral out of control . . .
9781780291222 1780291221
GBC191097 bnb
020218580 Uk
Blackjack, Jack (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Mary I, 1553-1558--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
The Moorland murderers / Michael Jecks. - 218 pages ; 23 cm. - A Bloody Mary mystery Bloody Mary mystery ; bk. 6 Jack Blackjack Tudor mystery ; bk. 6 . - Jecks, Michael. Jack Blackjack Tudor mystery ; bk. 6. .
July, 1556. En route to France and escape from Queen Mary's men, Jack Blackjack decides to spend the night at a Devon tavern, agrees to a game of dice - and ends up accused of murder. To make matters worse, the dead man turns out to have been the leader of the all-powerful miners who rule the surrounding moors - and they have no intention of waiting for the official court verdict to determine Jack's guilt. But who would frame Jack for murder . . . and why? Alone and friendless in a lawless land of cut-throats, outlaws and thieves, Jack realizes that the only way to clear his name - and save his skin - is to unmask the real killer. But knowing nothing of the local ways and customs, how is he to even begin? As Jack's attempts to find answers stirs up a hornet's nest of warring factions within the town, events soon start to spiral out of control . . .
9781780291222 1780291221
GBC191097 bnb
020218580 Uk
Blackjack, Jack (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Mary I, 1553-1558--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.