Cup of Blood cover art

Cup of Blood

A Crispin Guest Medieval Noir Prequel

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Cup of Blood

By: Jeri Westerson
Narrated by: Tim Campbell
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £15.14

Buy Now for £15.14

About this listen

When a corpse turns up at his favorite tavern, Crispin Guest - disgraced knight turned detective - begins an inquiry, but the dead man turns out to be a Templar knight, an order thought to be extinct for 75 years, charged with protecting a certain religious relic which is now missing. Before he can begin to investigate, Crispin is abducted by shadowy men who are said to be minions of the French anti-pope. Further complicating matters are two women: one from court with an enticing proposition, and another from Crispin's past, dredging up long-forgotten emotions he would rather have left behind. And as if all that weren't enough, a cunning young cutpurse by the name of Jack Tucker has insinuated himself into Crispin's already difficult life. The deeper Crispin probes into the murder, the more it looks like the handiwork of an old friend turned adversary. With enemies from all sides, Crispin has his hands full in more than murder in this intriguing prequel to the acclaimed series.

©2014 Jeri Westerson (P)2014 Jeri Westerson Detective Historical Mystery Private Investigators Fiction Murder Crime
All stars
Most relevant
The narration was stilted and robotic, (think speaking clock!) for the majority of this book, apart from when the boy Jack was speaking, which spoilt it for me. The pronunciation was Americanised although the story is set in England and was annoying too. The story was OK but a bit far fetched. On the positive side, the historical facts at the end were interesting. Would I listen to it again? No!

Awful Narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed the romp through the grail story but nearly gave up due to the narrator and his strangled vowel sounds. I just couldn’t bear another bizarre pronunciation. The pawm of the hand?!!!

The strangest narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It was wonderful to get more of an insight to how Crispin and Jack met and the background to his first love

a great prequel ☺

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A rivetting story...well interwoven plots.
certainly the story entralls but, sadly not the narrator...had to grit my teeth on times.I would guess from the sometimes heard accent and strange intonations, the narrator was not a native english speaker....the strangely pronounced words were a distraction on times.and english characters seemed to speak with a forign accent !

A rivetting story, interwovwn plots with endearing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The story was very good, explains the origin of Jack Tucker.
Thoroughly spoilt by the AWFUL narrator!
Bring back Michael Page!!

Good preque lstory- but an AWFULL narrator!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.