The Templar's Penance (The Medieval West Country Mysteries)

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Summary: Not a Penance to Read this One.
Review: It is summer 1323, Sir Baldwin and Simon are about to leave on a pilgrimage. They are going to travel across Europe to Santiago de Compostela. Foreign travel is dangerous even for well armed men, and attacks on pilgrims are common place, but an even greater menace hangs over the city of Santiago.
For those who have not ready any of Michael Jecks medieval novels I can recommend them heartily. This novel takes Simon and Sir Baldwin away from their West Country environment but loses nothing of its mystery and suspense. If you like medieval mysteries, these are as good as any around.

Rating:
Summary: Fast-paced and highly recommended
Review: Watch for this engrossing historical novel/mystery in November: it comes steeped in the atmosphere and flavor of the Middle Ages and tells of a former knight Templar Sir Furnshill and Puttock, his sleuth sidekick. With a tone of Holmes set in medieval times, the two investigate a Spanish murder during a pilgrimage while facing a threat from the past. Fast-paced and highly recommended.