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Hue & Cry Shirley McKay

Hue & Cry par Shirley McKay

Hue & Cry Shirley McKay

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Résumé

1579, St Andrews. A thirteen-year old boy meets his death on the streets of the university city of St Andrews and suspicion falls upon one of the regents at the university, Nicholas Colp.

Hue & Cry Résumé

Hue & Cry: A Hew Cullen Mystery Shirley McKay

1579, St Andrews. Hew Cullan, a young lawyer, returns home from studying in Paris. But it proves to be a cold homecoming as Hew's friend, university regent Nicholas Colp, is accused of murdering a thirteen-year-old boy. The boy was a private pupil of Nicholas, and salacious gossip backed up by incriminating letters have him judged, convicted, and heading for the hangman's noose.

Investigating the crime, Hew uncovers a dark tale of duplicity and passion amidst a world of religious piety and the chilling austerity of university life. From a case that seems to be open and shut, a Pandora's Box of lies and corruption emerges.

Hue & Cry is the first in the must-read series of Hew Cullan Mysteries, for fans of thrilling historical fiction.

Hue & Cry Avis

'A gripping mystery that holds the reader to the very last page, and a marvellous portrait of St Andrews in the 16th century'

-- John Burnside

'A thrilling debut for fans of Ellis Peters'

* The Bookseller *

'[An] exciting mix of mystery and history'

* Edinburgh Evening News *

'There's no doubting McKay's knowledge of the period ... Childbirth, lockaw and epilepsy are dealth with lovingly, while hte odours and sights of a teeming Scottish street are evoked with nose-wrinkling relish'

* The Herald *

'A complex tale of passion and duplicity unfolds against a well-portrayed background of Scotland, a country torn apart during the religious and political upheavals of the Reformation'

* Scots Magazine *

À propos de Shirley McKay

Shirley McKay was born in Tynemouth but now lives with her family in Fife. At the age of fifteen she won the Young Observer playwriting competition, her play being performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. She went on to study English and Linguistics at the University of St Andrews before attending Durham University for postgraduate study in Romantic and seventeenth century prose. She was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger. Shirley works as a freelance proofreader.

Informations supplémentaires

GOR001606593
9781846971310
1846971314
Hue & Cry: A Hew Cullen Mystery Shirley McKay
Shirley McKay
The Hew Cullan Mysteries
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
Birlinn General
20090515
320
N/A
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