#1 – The Wayward Alliance
Scotland, 1424. Sir Law Kintour returns from war wounded, penniless and without a lord. A commission to find a nobleman’s runaway wife appears to offer badly needed employment, and the minstrel Cormac becomes an unexpected companion in tracing her movements. The search uncovers a dead body,…
#2 – The Winter Kill
A death during a severe winter appears inconvenient rather than criminal to the authorities of Perth. The sheriff nevertheless orders the landless Sir Law Kintour to prove that no murder occurred, expecting a brief inquiry that will remove an administrative problem. A second killing destroys that…
#3 – The Intelligencer
Perth, May 1425. A merchant is murdered and the important letter he carried disappears. The ambitious sheriff compels Sir Law Kintour to recover it, but the document’s value is political rather than commercial and those seeking it are prepared to kill again. Law and Cormac follow…
#4 – The King’s Coroner
Newly appointed as the king’s coroner, Sir Law Kintour investigates the death of an unidentified stranger in Perth. The case begins as James I prepares to confront a rebellious duke, placing the city under the strain of mobilisation, faction and rumour. Evidence of a hired assassin…
#5 – Murder at Saint Giles
Sir Law Kintour refuses to accept the apparent suicide of a royal subject, especially when the dead man is himself suspected of murder. Assisted by Cormac, he reconstructs the victim’s final movements and finds that the two deaths are connected by more than accusation. The investigation…