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The Moorland Murderers

by Michael Jecks Book 6 in the Bloody Mary Tudor Mysteries series.

First published 2021

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Devon, July 1556. Fleeing London and hoping to reach France, Jack stops at a tavern, joins a dice game and is promptly blamed for the death of a powerful tin miner. The miners who control the surrounding moors are prepared to punish him without waiting for formal judgement.

A stranger to local custom, Jack must understand the rival groups whose livelihoods depend on mining rights, protection and violence. His attempt to expose the person who framed him turns a private murder into a struggle over authority in a region far from the royal court but still subject to Mary I’s pursuit of opponents.

Historical Periods

Mary I and the Counter-Reformation1553–1558 CE

Genres

Crime & Mystery Exploration & Survival Fiction Historical Thriller

Historical people

Mary I1516–1558

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