Michael Jecks. The Boy-Bishop's Glovemaker
For Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, and his friend, Bailiff Simon Puttock, the Christmas of 1321 looks set to be one of great festivity. As a reward for their services in a previous investigation, they've been summoned to Exeter to receive the prestigious gloves of honour in a ceremony led by the specially elected Boy-Bishop. But the dead man swinging on the gallows as they arrive is a portentous greeting. Within hours they learn that Ralph – the cathedral's glovemaker and the city's beloved philanthropist – has been robbed and stabbed to death. His apprentice is the obvious suspect but there's no trace of the missing jewels and money. When Peter, a Secondary at the cathedral, collapses from poisoning in the middle of Mass, the finger of suspicion turns to him. Yet if he was Ralph's attacker, where is the money now? And could Peter have committed suicide – or was he murdered, too? When the Dean and city Coroner ask Simon and Baldwin to solve the riddles...Author: JECKS Michael
ISBN: 9223372036854775807
Year of publication: 2000
Collection: A Knights Templar Mystery
Genre: Historical detective
Number of pages: 366
Reading time: 6 h. 6 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
