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Death of a Chief
Death of a Chief

Death of a Chief

John MacKenzie

FICTION

256 Pages, 4.0 x 7.0

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $9.95 (US $9.95)

Publication Date: March 2010

ISBN 9781906817312

Rights: US & CA

Luath Press Ltd (Mar 2010)

Available from local and national retailers throughout the US.
 

Overview

Mystery surrounds the murder of Sir Lachlan MacLean, an impoverished Highland laird. With bad debts, family quarrels, and shady associates, Sir Lachlan had many enemies. But while motives are not hard to find, evidence is another thing entirely. Lawyer John MacKenzie and scribe Davie Scougall turn investigator to try to track down the murderer.

Author Biography

Douglas Watt is a historian, poet and novelist who lives in Linlithgow with his wife Julie and their three children. He won the Hume Brown Senior Prize in Scottish History in 2008 for The Price of Scotland:Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations (2007). Testament of a Witch is the second in his series of ingenious murder mysteries set in seventeenth century Scotland featuring lawyers John MacKenzie and David Scougall.