The Merchant Murderers

Name: The Merchant Murderers
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Michael Jecks
ISBN: 9781399145435

Author: Michael Jecks

Series: Jack Blackjack #7

Narrator: Kris Dyer

Unabridged: 11 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 03/01/2023

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

August 1556. Jack Blackjack is on a simple mission: make it back home to his beloved London. It should be simple, right? Wrong. He's made it as far as Exeter, but before he can secure a fresh steed in that hellish city, he's faced with a dead priest, ruthless thieves, and a devious Dean who's determined to see the back of Jack. That suits Jack just fine - he wants to leave! So when wealthy merchant Wolfe, offers passage to London via sea, Jack jumps at the chance . . . and unwittingly into further danger! With thieves, pirates and potential murderers at every turn who can Jack trust? Will he uncover the truth behind the dead priest and missing merchant ships? But more importantly, will he ever make it home to London with his purse strings and limbs intact?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vivienne

My thanks to Canongate Books Severn House for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘The Merchant Murderers’ by Michael Jecks. This is Book 7 in Michael Jecks’ series of historical mysteries set during the reign of Queen Mary Tudor. All the books are written in a tongue-in-cheek style reflecting the personality of......more

Goodreads review by Jean-Luc

Our friend Jack Blackjack (the Tudorian Harry Flashman) is back and what a comeback! Still running from the deadly clutches of the evil Queen, Mary Tudor, still looking for a mount to make it back to his beloved London, still losing his purse and getting into troubles for losing it and last but not......more

Goodreads review by John

As The Merchant Murders, (Severn, $29.99, 240 pages, ISBN 978-0-7278-5092-8), by Michael Jecks opens, it’s the middle of the 16th century in not-so-jolly old England, where we continue following the adventures of a daring, raffish and rascally young rogue named Jack Blackjack . . . who’s an assassin......more

Goodreads review by Steve

Jack Blackjack, a young scoundrel who deems himself a gentleman, is stranded in Exeter in the mid-1600s and runs into lots of trouble while solving the mystery of a murder as he tries to get back to London. There's a lot to like about this story: Well developed scenes and characters, a mystery, humo......more