Merchant's Mark: A Gil Cunningham Murder Mystery - Softcover

McIntosh, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569475547 ISBN 13: 9781569475546

Publisher: Soho Constable, 2008

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Pat McIntosh, like Gil Cunningham, is a graduate of Glasgow University. Born and brought up in Lanarkshire, she lived and worked in Glasgow in before settling on Scotland's west coast, where she lives with her husband and three cats. She is the author of seven mysteries in the Gil Cunningham series.

From Publishers Weekly:

In McIntosh's gripping third 15th-century historical featuring Scotsman Gil Cunningham (after 2005's The Nicholas Feast), the young lawyer-to-be finds himself in the middle of a murder inquiry when a Glasgow merchant friend, Augie Morison, discovers a severed head in a barrel that should have contained books. When Morison is accused of the murder, the amateur sleuth, aided by his future father-in-law, Master Pierre, seeks to identify the victim, as well as the source of the valuable jewels that were also concealed in the barrel. The pair cross paths with a variety of Scottish nobles, even as a bloodthirsty hit man known simply as the Axeman piles up an impressive body count that silences a number of potential witnesses. While the prime mover behind the crimes will be obvious to many, McIntosh's characterizations and period detail are first-rate and bode well for future entries in this series. (July)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Constable
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1569475547
• ISBN 13: 9781569475546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320