The Rough Collier

Gil Cunningham Mysteries

De: Pat McIntosh

Narrado por: Andrew Watson

When the peat-cutters came to report the dead man, Gil Cunningham was up in the roof-space of his mother's house, teaching his new young wife swordplay. They believe the corpse to be that of a local missing man.

His wife and the widow who runs the local coalmine are sure the body belongs to someone else, but then they find themselves accused of having killed him by witchcraft. And if the corpse is not the missing man, who is it? Gil and Alys try to get to the heart of the matter. Together they uncover more murders than they bargain for, and encounter the chilling secret at the heart of the mystery.

©2013 Pat McIntosh (P)2013 Audible Ltd

Reseñas de la Crítica

"McIntosh's characterisation 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 Review)

Enjoyable Historical Mystery

It was a nice change of pace not to have a 15th century mystery set at court or involve kings, spies, or religious persecution. The Rough Collier is set in a mining community in Scotland. At times the narrator is hard to understand. I don't know if the text is written in dialect or if it is the readers interpretation. I enjoyed Gil and Elise, the main characters, who solve a murder mystery tainted by witchcraft and home brewed medicine. I will probably visit them again.