The Traitor Of St. Giles: Michael Jecks

It's 1321 and the people of Tiverton are preparing for the Feast of St. Giles under the shadow of murder. Philip Dyne has confessed and claimed sanctuary in St. Peter's church but danger is still present within the community. Sir Baldwin, Keeper of the King's Peace and Bailiff Simon Puttock arrive at Lord Hugh de Courtenay's castle for the feast - and another body is found: Sir Gilbert of Carlisle, an important ambassador, lying near the decpaitated figure of Dyne. The coronor believes that Dyne killed the ambassador and then was murdered; as an outlaw, Dyne doesn't merit the law's attention, but Sir Baldwin feels that too many questions have been left unanswered. How could an unarmed peasant kill a trained knight? Cover art by Danuto Mayer.