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Glasgow 1492. Gil Cunningham remarked later that if he had known he would find a corpse in the university coalhouse, he would never have gone to the Arts Faculty feast.
In this mysterious adventure 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 students. One of the actors, William Irvine, is later found murdered and Gil assisted
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,
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
...Gil Cunningham is the Archbishop's questioner--his investigator. Nanty and Danny were rivals for the affection of Agnes, the apothecary's daughter. Danny dies, apparently of poisoning, after drinking from his friend's flask. But what was the poison? Is Nanty guilty? Then more murders ensue, and Gil's wife, Alys, joins the investigation.
From the Hardcover edition.