Record Added: 12/2/2015 Series Gil Cunningham Mysteries #6 Setting  Scotland Topic Historical Fiction ISBN 1569475822 Year 2009 Age Adult Pages 212 Description Printed dustjacket
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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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The series begins in Glasgow, Scotland, May Day, 1492. Gilbert Cunningham is the youngest son of an aristocratic Scottish family that lost their lands after his father and two older brothers were killed fighting for James III against the future James IV. Gil is studying to be a notary and working for his uncle David Cunningham who is the senior judge of the Consistory Court of the archdiocese. Gil expects to become a priest: the best help that his uncle can offer him for his career is to find him a benefice. When Gil finds a woman murdered, the case falls under Judge Cunningham's jurisdiction, and he assigns Gil to the investigation.
Series Titles Include: - The Harper's Quine
- The Nicholas Feast
- The Merchant's Mark
- St Mungo's Robin
- The Rough Collier
- The Stolen Voice
- A Pig of Cold Poison
- Counterfeit Madam
- The Fourth Crow
- The King's Corrodian
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