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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"1529, London. Jester Will Somers enjoys an enviable position at the court of Henry VIII. As the king's entertainer, chief gossip-monger, spy and loyal adviser, he knows all of the king's secrets - and almost everyone else's within the walls of Greenwich Palace. But when Will discovers the body of Spanish count Don Gonzalo while walking his trusted sidekick Nosewise in the courtyard gardens, and a blackmail note arrives soon after demanding information...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the French king's courier is killed by a crossbow in a tavern, a barmaid seeks the assistance of fourteenth-century detective Crispin Guest, who soon finds himself the prime suspect in the murder, one that could draw France and England into war.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiii, 208 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"1399, London. A drink at the Boar's Tusk takes an unexpected turn for Crispin Guest, Tracker of London, and his apprentice, Jack Tucker, when a messenger claims the prioress at St. Frideswide wants to hire him to investigate murders at the priory. Two of Prioress Drueta's nuns have been killed in a way that signifies two of the Seven Deadly Sins, and she's at her wits end. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing outside of London when the exiled Henry Bolingbroke,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers LTD
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Crispin Guest awakens in a strange bed after a night of passion and finds a woman dead, murdered. Drunk, Crispin scarcely remembers the night before. Did he kill her? But when other young women turn up dead under similar circumstances, he knows there is a deadly stalker loose in London. Could it have to do with the mysterious Tears of the Virgin Mary kept under lock and key by a close-lipped widow, a relic that a rival family would kill to get their...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 280 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Stripped of his rank and honor for plotting against Richard II, disgraced knight Crispin Guest uses his wits to eke out a living in fourteenth-century London, taking on an investigation on behalf of a reclusive merchant that draws him into the middle of a complex conspiracy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Old London Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a corpse turns up at his favorite tavern, Crispin Guest begins an inquiry. The dead man turns out to be a Templar knight, an order thought to be extinct for 75 years, charged with protecting a certain religious relic which is now missing. Before he can begin to investigate, Crispin is abducted by shadowy men who are said to be minions of the French anti-pope. Further complicating matters are two women: one from court with an enticing proposition,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ordered to Canterbury to investigate a threat against the bones of Saint Thomas áa Becket, disgraced knight Crispin Guest is accosted by court acquaintance Geoffrey Chaucer and a motley group of pilgrims who are looking for a murderer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 200 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Father Bulthius Braydon begs Crispin Guest for help when corpses are seen stalking St Modwen Church's graveyard, while Crispin's seven-year-old son is accused of murder. As Crispin investigates, it seems that St Modwen's links both cases, and he is soon in a desperate race against time to solve the strange goings-on and prove his son's innocence"--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
©2013.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 304 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being accused of treason and stripped of his title and lands, Guest, now commonly referred to as the Tracker, ekes out a living as a sleuth for hire. Together with his reliable sidekick, reformed thief Jack Tracker, he investigates the baffling dual disappearances of famed alchemist Nicholas Flamel?s wife and apprentice. When the body of the apprentice is found with a ransom note demanding delivery of the legendary and purportedly life-giving...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Guest, returning home after a late night, sees a body hurtling from the uppermost reaches of the London Bridge. While whispers in the street claim that it was a suicide, Guest is unconvinced. The man was believed to be searching for the Spear of Longinus-- the spear that pierced the side of Christ on the cross-- which is believed to make those who possess it invincible. Geoffrey Chaucer comes to London and is anxious to help Guest find the missing...
11) Spiteful bones
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers, Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 178 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Restoring his recently inherited family home is a daunting enough task for young lawyer Nigellus Cobmartin without the addition of any unwelcome discoveries. But when workmen turning the crumbling manor house into a grand home for Nigellus and his companion, John Rykener, uncover a skeleton bound, tied and hidden in the wall - and holding the precious relic that went missing from his father's estate nearly twenty years ago - Nigellus immediately...
12) Sword of shadows
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 216 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A quest to find the ancient sword Excalibur quickly turns into a hunt for a determined killer for Crispin Guest. London, 1396. A trip to the swordsmith shop for Crispin Guest, Tracker of London, and his apprentice Jack Tucker takes an unexpected turn when Crispin crosses paths with Carantok Teague, a Cornish treasure hunter. Carantok has a map he is convinced will lead him to the sword of Excalibur - a magnificent relic dating back to King Arthur...
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