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The acclaimed author of the Owen Archer Series ';lovingly re-creates medieval Edinburgh' in a novel that introduces Scottish sleuth Margaret Kerr (Publishers Weekly). In the spring of 1297, the English army controls lowland Scotland and Margaret Kerr's husband Roger Sinclair is missing. He had gone to Dundee in autumn, writing to Margaret with a promise to be home for Christmas, but it's past Easter. He could be caught up in the swelling rebellion against the Englishif he's even alive. When his cousin is murdered on the streets of Edinburgh, Roger's last known location, Margaret coerces her brother, a priest, to escort her to the city. She finds Edinburgh scarred by warhouses burnt, walls stained with blood, shops shutteredand the townsfolk simmering with resentment, harboring secrets. Even her uncle, innkeeper Murdoch Kerr, meets her questions with silence. Desperate, Margaret makes alliances that risk both her own life and that of her brother in her search for answers. She learns that war twists love and loyalties, and that, until tested, we cannot know our own hearts, much less those of our loved ones. ';Robb's writing is so rich and historically true that this is a must for all lovers of historical mysteries.' Historical Novel Society ';Thirteenth-century Edinburgh comes off the page cold and convincing, from the smoke and noise of the tavern kitchen to Holyrood Abbey under a treacherous abbot. Most enjoyable.' The List (Edinburgh)

';Intrigue abounds' in the series starring sleuth Margaret Kerr. ';Robb's captivating blend of history and mystery vividly evokes medieval Scotland' (Booklist). Scots are gathering in Murdoch Kerr's Edinburgh tavern, plotting to drive out the English forces. Margaret takes her place there as innkeeper, collecting information to pass on to William Wallaceuntil murder gives the English an excuse to shutter the tavern. The dead man was a witness to the intruders who raided chests belonging to Margaret's husband and her father, the latest in a string of violent raids on Margaret's family, but no one knows the identity of the raiders or what they're searching for. Margaret's uncle urges her to escape to Edinburgh, but as she flees north with her husband Roger, Margaret grows suspicious about his sudden wish to speak with her mother, Christiana, who is a soothsayer. Margaret once innocently shared with Roger one of Christiana's visions, of ';the true king of Scotland' riding into Edinburgh. Now she begins to wonder if their trip is part of a mission engineered by the English crown.. .

Espionage and intrigue light the fuse of rebellion in medieval Scotland for sleuth Margaret Kerr. '; This is history as it should be told' (Good Book Guide). In late summer 1297, Margaret Kerr heads to the town of Stirling at the request of William Wallace's man James Comyn. Her mission is to discover the fate of a young spy who had infiltrated the English garrison at Stirling Castle, but on the journey Margaret is haunted by dreamsor are they visions?of danger. He who holds Stirling Castle holds Scotlandand a bloody battle for the castle is imminent. But as the Scots prepare to cast off the English yoke, Margaret's flashes of the future allow her to glimpse what is to comeand show her that she can trust no one, not even her closest friends. A Cruel Courtship is a harrowing account of the days before the bloody battle of Stirling Bridge, and the story of a young woman's awakening.