TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jecks,Michael
TI  - The Moorland murderers
T2  - A Bloody Mary mystery
SN  - 9781780291222
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Severn House
KW  - Blackjack, Jack
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Mary I, 1553-1558
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Action and adventure fiction
N2  - 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 . .
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