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Hue & Cry
A Hew Cullen Mystery. The Hew Cullan Mysteries
Synopsis
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.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
'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 *