St. Mungo's Robin: A Gil Cunningham Murder Mystery (Gil Cunningham Murder Mysteries) Review

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(More customer reviews)1493 Glasgow Scotland is fast becoming one of my favorite places in which to immerse myself. Gil Cunningham is a man of law who escaped a life in the Church in book one of this series, the Harper's Quine. Instead he becomes the Archbishop's Questioner for his city and the surrounding countryside. He's a natural at it. His soon-to-be-father-in-law, Master Mason Pierre, is a great help and so is his bride to be, Alys. Each book reveals more about the intriguing world of late 15th century Scotland.
This mystery is fascinating to watch unfold. From how long a body has been dead to telling time without clocks, it's a good puzzle dressed in unfamiliar garments. The characters often speak in broad dialect and some of the passages can be tricky to read. But once the vernacular gets in your head, it gets easier to figure out what was said. Some of the clues will be familiar to readers - how the accounts are kept, is there a woman or two to question, who's lying and about what. And a very satisfactory conclusion to the whole tangled mess.
An excellent read!

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The warden of St Serf's has been found dead in the almshouse garden. He appears to have been killed during the night but there are those who are convinced he was present at that morning's service, and Gil Cunningham promptly finds himself entangled in the internal politics of the almshouse. The elderly residents, the almshouse nurse and Humphrey, her deranged favorite, have all been set against one another by the dead man's scheming — and then there is a discarded mistress and an almshouse ghost to consider as well. Tracing the dead man's last movements between the Cathedral precinct and the shores of the Clyde, Gil is both helped and hindered by his two sisters who have come to Glasgow for his wedding to Alys. Between them they widen the field of suspicion to embrace old friends from the university, a seaman home from a distant voyage, and mad Humphrey's brother. Then an uncanny event followed by the arrival of Gil's godfather, wedding guest and patron of the almshouse, precipitates the crisis. As so often, it is clever Alys who helps Gil find the ultimate solution to this mystery.

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