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Medieval Murderers # 1

Collection of short stories following the history of a religious relic cursed by its guardian before he was killed by Crusaders. Many of the stories feature characters from other historical mystery series.

First, there was a fatal flaw in the idea of a genuine relic being cursed or "tainted." The God-man who defeated Satan to be trumped by a very human temporary caretaker? Not possible. With that noted, I have to say the technique was interesting, and I enjoyed the stories featuring characters I recognized. The stories referring to series I was not familiar with, I probably missed numerous references and, more importantly, the characters felt less real as the authors did not bother to include much development.


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The Tainted Relic The Medieval Murderers 9780743267953 Books Reviews

I have read several books in this series. This one has chapters with familiar characters from other books. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would recommend it to those who like the genre.
Keep on keeping on with your excellent writing Mr. Jecks. Wonderful stories by several authors, but I especially like Michael Jecks work.
I enjoy a good tale, and following the Relic over the centuries was a fun adventure. The only problem with this story is each writer had their own characters. Since I had never read any of the books by any of these writers, I did have some trouble following the characters and story. However, all of the stories were interesting enough that I will probably seek out stories by each of these writers, as well as more books in this series.
This is the first work in historical murder mystery I have ever seen with multiple authors writing on the same theme. While not all the authors meet the level of Jecks or Knight, the work as a whole still deserves 5 stars. You may not like parts of this "meal" but you won't leave hungry for a treat in murder mystery. It starts in one time period and ends ... well buy it and read it. They don't pay me, I purchase their works when not reading academic works, etc. I am also disabled veteran who needs a break from the other materials mentioned. It was my good fortune to find Jecks and Knight and now these other friends of theirs. There are too many writing "murder mystery" and getting away with their writing and folks like these not getting the credit due them.
The reading of this novel was helpful to me because it gave me a chance to sample the writing style of five different* authors. The basic story follows the travels of a religious relic from Jerusalem to modern day London. This relic was said to have been cursed by it's caretaker when the soldiers of the Crusade invaded the city of Jerusalem and committed wholesale slaughter, often for absolutely no reason whatsoever. According to the curse, any person who actually touched the relic itself, not just the container, would die as soon as the relic had passed into the hands of another. The segments are written in novella form, meaning that there are no chapter breaks, merely spaces within the segments which signify passage of time or moving to the perspective of another character. This is how the story progresses

Prologue - Jerusalem 1100, pages 1-27, written by Simon Beaufort*
Act One - Devonshire 1194, pages 28-108, written by Bernard Knight
Act Two - Oxford 1269, pages 109-194, written by Ian Morson
Act Three - Lincolnshire, 1323, pages 195-293, written by Michael Jecks
Act Four - Cambridge, 1353, pages 294-425, written by Susanna Gregory*
Act Five - London, 16??, pages 426-500, written by Philip Gooden
Epilogue - London, 2005, two pages, written by Bernard Knight
*Beaufort is the pseudonym of Gregory

I had already read a novel by one of the authors featured here and had not liked the style of writing, but I did want to use this method to find out whether I might enjoy reading the works of some of the other authors. The book served it's purpose in that way, but this particular novel is not something I would ever wish to read again. The story is very uneven, surely a result of so many differing styles of writing, and I found that it was really rather uninteresting to me. I could never make myself care anything about what was happening to the relic and since that is the item which carried through from one "act" to another the book never worked for me on anything more than a superficial, investigative level. The Epilogue does make for such an ironic ending that I just groaned aloud.
Group of well known historical mystery writers got together and wrote a novel in installments. Sounds like a grand idea. The piece of the True Cross is exchanging hands through centuries, bringing death as a consequence of an ancient curse.
All the writers are well respected schollars of history and it shows in their books. We learn a lot about the times long past without having to read dusty historical books. That part of the whole project works great. Things get little bumpy in execution, when the connections between the chapters get a bit stretched.
All and all, it is very entertaining if a little too long book. I'll gladly try another one.
That six different authors can pull off a novel together as seamless and intense as The Tainted Relic by the Medieval Murderers group says a good deal about the writing in this book Each member of the Medieval Murderers Group is already the author of his/her own series of books starring an amateur sleuth in the Middle Ages. This book answers the question what if each of these sleuths had to deal with same problem?
The story itself starts after Jerusalem is conquered in the First Crusade. A Holy relic is taken from a church after its keeper is murdered by a Crusader. Dying, the keeper curses the relic saying that it will bring death to those possess it. And over the ages as it passes from place to place and detective to detective, it does indeed bring death with it.
Because of the format of the book, The Tainted Relic is a great chance to visit with you favorite Medieval sleuth and meet new
friends!
Enjoy!
Medieval Murderers # 1

Collection of short stories following the history of a religious relic cursed by its guardian before he was killed by Crusaders. Many of the stories feature characters from other historical mystery series.

First, there was a fatal flaw in the idea of a genuine relic being cursed or "tainted." The God-man who defeated Satan to be trumped by a very human temporary caretaker? Not possible. With that noted, I have to say the technique was interesting, and I enjoyed the stories featuring characters I recognized. The stories referring to series I was not familiar with, I probably missed numerous references and, more importantly, the characters felt less real as the authors did not bother to include much development.