The abbot's gibbet : a Knights Templar mystery

Jenks knows how to write and tell a good story that is historically accurate. A really good "whodunit."

The Knights Templar

They Were Warrior Monks, Dedicated To The Protection Of Pilgrims In The Holy Land — Until An Avaricious King Savagely Destroyed The Order. One Knight, However, Escaped The Stake, Vowing Justice For His Murdered Brothers.

A Gathering Of Evil

With Scores Of Merchants Streaming Into Devon To Participate In The Tavistock Fair Of 1319, A Goodly Amount Of Unlawful Activity Is Expected. No One, However, Anticipates A Murder. The Guests Of Abbot Robert Champeaux, Former Knight Templar Sir Baldwin Furnshill And Simon Puttock, Bailiff Of Lydford, Have Been Asked By Their Host To Investigate The Grisly Discovery Of A Headless Corpse By A Local Butcher. Hunting A Killer In The Din And Bustle Of The Fair Could Prove A Daunting Task, Especially With The Victim's Identity A Mystery. But Sir Baldwin And Simon Are Determined To Unravel The Complex Weave Of Intrigue, Rage, And Violence That Has Brought Death To Tavistock — Even If It Means Courting Their Own Destruction.

Former Knight Templar Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock, bailiff of Lydford, are called in to investigate a grisly case of murder when a headless corpse is discovered by the local butcher, and the pair must unravel a complex web of violence, intrigue, and death to reveal the victim's identity and to find a killer It is 1319. Tavistock's fair has drawn merchants to Devon from all over England and beyond. Although the influx of visitors and their money puts temptation in the way of cut-purses and other villains, no one expects a murder