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Praise for Pat McIntosh: "McIntosh's characterizations and period details are first rate and bode well for future entries in this series."-Publishers Weekly "McIntosh provides an intelligent, authentic, and suspenseful historical whodunit that will please the most demanding of Ellis Peters' fans."-Booklist Gil Cunningham, a young notary, has escaped a life in the Church to become the archbishop's questioner, only to be accused of causing a man's death by witchcraft. Gil and his young wife must solve the mystery to save him. Pat McIntosh was born and brought up in Lanarkshire, Scotland. She worked in Glasgow before settling on Scotland's west coast. ...
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Praise for the Gil Cunningham series: "Another hearty meal stuffed with fascinating period tidbits and a satisfying mystery."-Kirkus Reviews "McIntosh artfully interweaves intrigue and history in this suspenseful medieval mystery tale."-Booklist The third mystery in the Gil Cunningham medieval Scottish series. Gil Cunningham's friend Augie Morison is a merchant. When he opens a barrel sent from the Low Countries that is supposed to contain books, he finds a decapitated head-and a treasure. There is an inquest the next day before the Provost at which Morison is accused of the crime and imprisoned. He implores Gil to help him. The trail of the treasure and of the barrel containing it, which they attempt to follow in order to identify the dead man-and his murderer-leads Gil and his betrothed's father, a French Master Mason, from the royal court of King James at Stirling, to a cooper's yard in Linlithgow, and then to another corpse, found intact, lying on the bare slopes of the Pentland hills. ...
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In Sir William’s remote part of Scotland it seems almost possible that a young boy could have been stolen away by the fairies and returned forty years later without having visibly aged. And if the boy isn’t Davie Drummond, who is he? Then he suffers a succession of near-fatal “accidents.” Could there be a connection with four other local singers who have vanished, one of them with political information of value to Scotland’s enemies? Gil Cunningham and his wife Alys have been sent to Perthshire to investigate. ...
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"McIntosh's characterizations and period detail are first rate and bode well for future entries in this series."-Publishers Weekly "The next Cunningham adventure is to be welcomed."-Historical Novels Review Gil Cunningham returns to Glasgow University only to be involved in murder and espionage. Glasgow 1492. Gil Cunningham returns to his old university for the Nicholas Feast, where he and his colleagues are entertained by a play presented by some of the current students. One of the actors, William Irvine, is later found murdered. With the assistance of Alys, to whom Gil has recently become betrothed, Gil begins to disentangle a complex web of espionage and blackmail involving William's tutors and fellow students. Matters are further complicated by the arrival of Gil's formidable mother who is determined to inspect his betrothed. Little do Alys and Gil realize that it will be she who provides the final, vital key to unmask the murderer and unveil his motives. Pat McIntosh, like Gil Cunningham, is a graduate of Glasgow University. Born and brought up in Lanarkshire, the author lived and worked in Glasgow for many years and is now settled on the West Coast with a husband, three cats, and a daughter. ...
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"McIntosh's characterizations and period detail are first rate and bode well for future entries in this series."-Publishers Weekly "The next Cunningham adventure is to be welcomed."-Historical Novels Review Novice lawyer Gil Cunningham finds his true vocation not as a priest but as an investigator. This meticulously researched historical mystery is the debut of a medieval Scottish investigator. Gil Cunningham is a recently qualified lawyer whose family expects him to enter the priesthood. At the May Day dancing at Glasgow Cross, Gil notices an attractive woman who is subsequently murdered. When he finds the body of the woman in the new building under construction at Glasgow Cathedral, he is asked to investigate. The corpse was the runaway wife of cruel, unpleasant nobleman John Semphill. She had left him to live with a blind harper whom she bore an infant son. With the help of Maistre Pierre, the French master mason whose lovely daughter has captured his heart, Gil identifies a callous multiple murderer that no one would have suspected. Born and brought up in Lanarkshire, Pat McIntosh lived and worked in Glasgow for many years before settling on the West Coast. The Harper's Quine is the first in the Gil Cunningham medieval mystery series. ...
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Praise for the Gil Cunningham series: "Another hearty meal stuffed with fascinating period tidbits and a satisfying mystery."-Kirkus Reviews "McIntosh artfully interweaves intrigue and history in this suspenseful medieval mystery tale."-Booklist The fourth Gil Cunningham medieval murder mystery. Gil Cunningham is developing a reputation as an investigator in medieval Glasgow; he becomes "the archbishop's questioner." When the warden of St Serf's is found dead in the almshouse garden, Gil is asked to look into his death. The warden appears to have been killed on the previous night, but there are those who are convinced he was present at that morning's service. The elderly residents, the almshouse nurse, and Humphrey, her deranged favorite, have been set against one another by the dead man's scheming. And then there is the discarded mistress and almshouse ghost to consider. Tracing the dead man's last movements between the Cathedral precinct and the shores of the Clyde, Gil Cunningham is both helped and hindered by his two sisters who have come to Glasgow for his wedding to Alys. An uncanny event, followed by the arrival of Gil's godfather, precipitates the crisis. Finally, it is Alys who helps Gil identify the warden's killer. ...
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"Another hearty meal stuffed with fascinating period tidbits and a satisfying mystery."—Kirkus Reviews “McIntosh artfully interweaves intrigue and history in this suspenseful medieval murder tale.”—Booklist Gil Cunningham, a young notary, has escaped a life in the church to become the Archbishop's Questioner, only to be accused of causing a man's death by witchcraft. He must solve the crime to save himself. Pat McIntosh, like Gil Cunningham, is a graduate of Glasgow University. Born and brought up in Lanarkshire, she has lived and worked in Glasgow for many years. ...
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