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The Sticklepath Strangler (Medieval West Country Mysteries) (Paperback)

by Michael Jecks (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Headline; New Ed edition (5 Jun 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747267243
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747267249
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 73,785 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Michael Jecks has a way of dipping into the past and giving it the immediacy of a present-day newspaper article...He writes...with such convincing charm that you expect to walk round a corner in Tavistock and meet some of the characters...Jecks writes with passion and historical accuracy. Devon and Cornwall do not seem the same after reading his dramatic tales' Oxford Times

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It is the summer of 1322 and two playmates have uncovered the body of a young girl up on the moors. The body is that of Aline, the ten-year-old daughter of Swetricus, who went missing six years ago. Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King’s Peace, and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock are summoned to investigate, and soon discover Aline is not the only young girl to have been found dead in recent years. It seems that the villagers have been concealing not only a serial killer, but a possible case of cannibalism. Or even, if the rumours are to be believed, a vampire!

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars a depressing tale, 10 Feb 2003
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Unlike Jeck's earlier novels this one is relentlessly depressing - it really drags you down with it. It describes a village where murder, incest, rape, famine, cannibalism and superstition reign supreme. Jecks evokes a truly chilling atmosphere but for me this was unrealistic because there was no glimmer of hope or light in the darkness of the life there. Even the end of the book leaves you with a feeling of despair at the human condition - but I don't agree that it is this bad or that mediaeval life was so unremittingly terrible.
The book also seems to be very drawn out and would be improved by some judicious cutting.
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6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Stretches credibility too much, 20 Dec 2001
By aelyon2001@yahoo.com (Swansea, Wales) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sticklepath Strangler (Hardcover)
I have now read all the Michael Jecks murder mysteries, and enjoyed them, despite the odd irritation, but this time the irritation tended to overcome the enjoyment, and some elements of the plot were just too unrealistic to ring true.

I'm quite prepared to accept that in the days before modern medicine it was perfectly possible for an injured person to be presumed dead, and so buried while still alive, but for him then to survive a day and a night underground is just plain unreal. What does he do for an air supply, quite apart from anything else?

And other things grate. Why does Baldwin have his wife and infant daughter accompany him on this investigation? They don't do anything constructive, and given that living conditions in Sticklepath are so unpleasant, surely he would send them home again unless the Lady Jeanne could contribute something useful - perhaps by making a few inquiries of her own among the women. The unpleasant atmosphere of the village, and the surliness of the inhabitants, are laid on with a trowel, and the whole business becomes increasingly and unnecessarily melodramatic.

Finally, Simon is supposed to be Bailiff to the Warden of the Stannaries, and after 11 books it is about time to see him about his normal duties. Surely his official responsibilities cannot be so light that he is always free to join Baldwin in an investigation off his own patch. Perhaps next time he should have to interrupt a murder inquiry in order to deal with a crisis in the Stannaries.

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5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Death on The Moors, 22 Aug 2006
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Michael Jecks gave up a career in the computer industry when he began writing the internationally successful Templar series. Well all I can say is the Computer Industries loss is the reader's gain. He has now written about a score of the Knights Templar mystery books featuring Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock and there are more to follow. Michael's books are full of intrigue and mystery and they are particularly well researched. Mr. Jecks lives in the area he writes about and I am sure this must assist him a great deal with his background research.

1322, a beautiful summer's day and two children playing on the moors find the body of a young girl. The body has lain there a long time and eventually it is established that it is the remains of Aline, the daughter of Swetricus. She went missing six years ago when she was only 10-years-old.

Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace and his close associate and friend the Bailiff Simon Puttock are called to investigate, and to their surprise they discover that Aline is not the only girl to have been found dead in recent years. It would seem that the villagers have been concealing other things apart from someone who has no compunction about killing.
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