The Merchant's Mark Jonathan Holt They were lovers and friends

They were lovers and friends and brothers and rivals

smooth prose Harriet Tyce

pimp and extortionist

part satire

We all think - or at least we try to think - respectfully of Planning as a beneficent practice controlling our destinies

The Merchant's Mark Jonathan Holt They were lovers and friendsGil 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