Death of a Squire: A Templar Knight Mystery (A Templar Night Mystery)
Berkley - Berkley
Release date: 2008-01-02
Paperback
Author: Maureen Ash
Mystery And Suspense Fiction, Fiction, Fiction - Mystery/ Detective, Mystery/Suspense, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Mystery & Detective - Historical, Historical - General, Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
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Death of a Squire: A Templar Knight Mystery (A Templar Night Mystery)
Date undefinedYoung Squire Hubert de Tournay was possessed of a temperament only a mother could love, and it appears that only person grieving his death is his mother. In the autumn of 1200 A.D. in the county of Lincoln, his body is found hanging from a tree in Sherwood Forest and the gruesome murder incites a torrent of suspicion, falsehoods, and relief.
Hubert couldn't keep his hands to himself and wasn't above using force or blackmail to coerce a maiden's compliance. Was his death a vengeance killing by peasants angry at the assault of one of their own? What about his fellow squires who hated him and might have secrets that Hubert would have been pleased to exploit? Or was his end perpetrated by one of the victims herself? Complicating matters is a visit to Lincoln Castle from King John, who sensitive to any slight, real or imagined, has recently heard innuendos of a covert plan to depose him in favor of his rival Arthur. Hubert's lust for power may have been as hearty as his lust for women. Was he the victim of a desperate underclass of outlaws as many are hopefully asserting, or was he killed for knowing too much about the wayward ambitions of the land's most highborn noblemen?
A complex web of deceit and anger surrounds the death of the unsavory Hubert, and the inhabitants of Lincoln rely once again on Templar Knight Bascot de Marins to unravel the murder and dispel the pall of distrust that ensues. As de Marins goes about solving the crime, the reader learns more about characters introduced in the first novel, and meets other segments of medieval society that help to fill in the history of this place and time, and its inhabitants. I do enjoy these works and hope to read more Templar Knight mysteries in the near future. If you are looking for nighttime reading not so gruesome that you can't sleep, yet with enough complexity of character and plot to tickle the brain cells, I highly recommend this series by Maureen Ash.
Death of a Squire: A Templar Knight Mystery (A Templar Night Mystery)
Date undefinedFirst in a new templar knight mystery series.
I liked it and want to see how his journey of self and the mysteries he gets into will be solved.
He has been a templar, in the east. Got caught by the Saracens and suffered long years of captivity. Has lost an eye, gotten a bad leg, starting to lose his faith and has saved a mute Italian boy.
He arrives in England, as John becomes king. Thin and weary in mind and
body he is sent to Lincoln castle to regain his strenth. Then the mystery starts and I think we're on a ride to some good reading.
Death of a Squire: A Templar Knight Mystery (A Templar Night Mystery)
Date undefinedMaureen Ash provides the second of her Templar Knight series. The story is enjoyable and direct, with a touch of historic humor. The author has devoted a greater part of this novel to developing the supporting characters, and does a good job. However, this story is not as robust as the Alehouse Murders.
