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Bloody revenge on the streets of Paris threaten Baldwin's royal mission in the next novel in this brilliant medieval crime series. Isabella, Queen of England, has been dispatched to France in an attempt to bring about peace between the two countries, and Baldwin must accompany her. But the day after their arrival, a servant is found murdered, with Baldwin's dagger lying next to the body. As Baldwin struggles to prove his innocence, the killer strikes again. With so many English enemies gathering in Paris, will Baldwin be able to expose the culprit in time to protect the English King?

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Each page is densely packed with cuckolding, coarseness, lewdness, lechery, gore galore, but also with nobility. A heady mix. -- North Devon Journal

Memorable characters, steadily absorbing period background . . . a commendable achievement. --Kirkus Reviews

An honorable English knight confronts danger and deception on a mission to France.Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his bailiff Simon Puttock have been ordered to join the escorts of Queen Isabella, sister of the French king and unhappy wife of Edward II, king of England. Edward is still carrying on a scandalous romance with greedy, vicious Sir Hugh le Despenser, whose hold on the king is ruining the country. Now that England has lost the land it held in France, Isabella's mission is to negotiate with her brother for its return. Even before the trip starts, several murders in London are used to blackmail a troupe of English musicians to join the queen's retinue in order to spy on her. Along the way a French count is killed and Baldwin is framed for the crime. Still more fatalities await in Paris. As Baldwin investigates, he senses the disparate murders are connected, but there is no one but Simon he can trust. Even the other members of his party have their own agendas, some as spies for Despenser and others for Roger Mortimer, a valiant English general, whose hatred for Despenser has cost him dearly. As usual in Jecks (The Malice of Unnatural Death, 2007, etc.), the meticulous period detail paints a compelling portrait of medieval life, this time with the bonus of a well-integrated mystery. (Kirkus Reviews)

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Michael Jecks gave up a career in the computer industry to concentrate on writing and the study of medieval history, especially that of Devon and Cornwall. He lives with his family in northern Dartmoor.

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