After Gil Cunningham and an old acquaintance, Glasgow merchant Augie Morison, report the gruesome find of a severed head, Morison is accused of murder and Gil sets out to identify the dead man and est
"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.”—Boo
“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 R
“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 R
Although he was watching closely when the mummer was poisoned, it took Gil Cunningham several days and three more poisonings to work out how it was done.Danny Gibson and Nanty Bothwell, rivals for the
"And you are telling me," said Gil Cunningham, "that David Drummond vanished away forty years ago and is now returned, seemingly not a day older?" "That's about the sum of it," agreed Sir William Stew
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, no older - and if he isn't Davie Drummond
Glasgow, 1492: Gil Cunningham returns to his old university for a night of food, theater, and revelry, only to find one of the actors dead in the coal house, and becomes tangled in a web of espionage
The 11th story in the Gil Cunningham series set in medieval GlasgowThe tale seems very improbable,' Gil Cunningham said. 'How should the Devil enter a religious house and carry off one of its members?