The Merchant's Mark Jonathan Holt heartbreak and determination radiate off

heartbreak and determination radiate off the page' ELODIE HARPER

Haunted by the moment he ignored his instinct about a suspect

They were lovers and friends and brothers and rivals

for no one could tell which was which

She has murdered their brother

The Merchant's Mark Jonathan Holt heartbreak and determination radiate offGil Cunningham and old acquaintance, Glasgow merchant Augie Morison, report the gruesome find of a severed head instead of an expected delivery of books. At the inquest Morison is accused of murder and imprisoned. He appeals to Gil, who sets out to identify the dead man and establish the provenance of the treasure that lay beside him. The trail leads from the court of James IV at Stirling via a cooper's yard in Linlithgow, to another murder on the