The Moorland Murderers av Michael Jecks

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<p><b><i>Londoner Jack Blackjack finds himself a stranger in a strange land when he''s accused of murder in rural Devon in this eventful Tudor mystery. </i></b><br><br><i>July, 1556. </i>En route to France and escape from Queen Mary''s men, Jack Blackjack decides to spend the night at a Devon tavern, agrees to a game of dice - and ends up accused of murder. To make matters worse, the dead man turns out to have been the leader of the all-powerful miners who rule the surrounding moors - and they have no intention of waiting for the official court verdict to determine Jack''s guilt. <br><br>But who would frame Jack for murder . . . and why? Alone and friendless in a lawless land of cut-throats, outlaws and thieves, Jack realizes that the only way to clear his name - and save his skin - is to unmask the real killer. But knowing nothing of the local ways and customs, how is he to even begin? As Jack''s attempts to find answers stirs up a hornet''s nest of warring factions within the town, e