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Lädt ... The Counterfeit Madam (2011)von Pat McIntosh
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. John Sempill has openly acknowledged Alys' foster brother John McIan as his bastard son. Now Sempill is married and his wife is pregnant. So outspoken Dame Isabella Torrance, the godmother of Alys' sister, visits Alys and purposes a transfer of property to John McIan in return for his relinquishing the right to claim more. Sempill's property in Glasgow will provide good rents, and Dame Isabella sweetens the pot by offering to give Sempill's wife and Alys' sister some income-producing property in the countryside. But there is some confusion about the legal ownership of one of the parcels. When Dame Isabella is murdered, Gil and Alys get involved in the investigation. Gil, inspecting a brothel that's part of the property intended for McIan, is attacked on another property containing several workshops. Meantime, a flood of counterfeit coins makes Gil suspicious of some of the craftsman. He continues his investigations in town while Alys sneaks off to visit the property whose title is in doubt. Both of them find much more than they could have anticipated. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Gil Cunningham had hoped that the first time he set foot in the brothel on the Drygate it would also be his last, but by the time all was settled he felt quite at home within its artfully painted chambers. The bawdy house, along with the neighbouring property and two more in Strathblane, are all part of a deal offered to Gil and his wife Alys by the forceful Dame Isabella. Her proposal also involves Gil's young ward, and matters are further confused by an outbreak of counterfeit coins in Glasgow, which Gil has been ordered to investigate. Then Dame Isabella is found dead in strange circumstances, and the more Gil pursues the cause of her death, the more false coins he finds. And then the bawd-mistress, the enigmatic Madam Xanthe, gets involved and rumours circulate that the Devil is abroad in Strathblane. By the time Gil and Alys have untangled matters, some very surprising - and sinister - thing have come to light... Praise for Pat McIntosh's Gil Cunnigham series: 'McIntosh's characterisations and period detail are first rate' - Publishers Weekly, starred review 'The next Cunningham adventure is to be welcomed' - Historical Novels Review ''Will do for Glasgow in the fifteenth century what Ellis Peters and her Brother Cadfael did for Shrewsbury in the twelfth' - Mystery Readers Journal Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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