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Michael Jecks (born 1960, Surrey) is an English writer of historical mystery novels. Early life ... Knights Templar Mysteries. The Last Templar (March 1995) [1]
The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, ... Michael Jecks: The Last Templar: 1995 Matthew Bartholomew [1] England: 14th ...
Mathilde of Westminster, an historical mystery series by Paul C. Doherty: The Cup of Ghosts (2005) [10] The Poison Maiden (2007) [10] The Darkening Glass (2009) [10] Queen of Shadows (2006) by Edith Felber [10] Knights Templar Mysteries, a series by Michael Jecks, in particular: The Templar, the Queen and Her Lover (2007) [10] The Oath (2010) [10]
The Last Templar is a 2005 novel by Raymond Khoury, and is also his debut work. The novel was on the New York Times Bestseller list for 22 months. [ 1 ] As of 2012, it has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. [ 2 ]
Michael Jecks, author of Knights Templar Mysteries, sets his books in and around Dartmoor, England. Paul Kingsnorth’s Beast is also set on a western English moor, using the barren landscape and fields of heather to communicate themes of timelessness and distance from civilization.
There are themes of telepathy and hypnosis, and a secret society, descended from the Knights Templar, holding clandestine meetings on the island. [3] The historical back-story is linked to the suppression of the Templars, and seems also loosely inspired by the overthrow of Foulques de Villaret, 25th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.
Simon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his authors, a secretive recluse called Amos Klein who writes a popular series of spy novels. When he arrives at Klein's house in the country, he hears a woman's screams and several gunshots.
Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series. He was born in 1947 in Fife and left school at the age of fifteen to join the Army.After serving in Northern Ireland he applied to undergo selection for the SAS, but after a horrendous ordeal in training, left the army and joined the Lothian and Borders Police.