El misterio del ahorcado

Synopsis of El misterio del ahorcado

«El misterio del ahorcado» is the historical mystery novel by Michael Jecks, published by Ediciones Martínez Roca in hardback (376 pages, in Spanish).

In fourteenth-century England, the discovery of the corpse of Peter Bruther, a serf of William Beauscyr, unleashes murders, blackmail and revenge. Templar Baldwin Furnshill and bailiff Simon Puttock investigate while runaway serfs are punished; tension among the suspects grows until it culminates in a rebellion.

The work is the third instalment of Michael Jecks's Knights Templar series and the first in the MR Novela Histórica collection; the original English edition was published in 1996.

For readers of historical fiction and medieval mystery who enjoy period investigations and psychological tension.