title: The Fourth Crow (Gil Cunningham Murder Mystery)
author:  Pat McIntosh 
description: Praise for Pat McIntoshs Gil Cunningham series:<br /> <br /> "McIntosh's characterizations and period detail are first rate."<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, Starred Review<br /> <br /> "Gil's adventures continue to provide satisfying, albeit convoluted, mysteries larded with historical detail."<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /> <br /> McIntosh artfully interweaves intrigue and history into this suspenseful medieval murder tale.<i>Booklist</i> <br /> <br /> "Will do for Glasgow in the fifteenth century what Ellis Peters did and her Brother Cadfael did for Shrewsbury in the twelfth."<i>Mystery Readers Journal</i>
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  A Murder of Crows
  
  
  The Crow Series: Book 3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #  Kristy McCaffrey
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Murder of Crows
  
  
  Copyright© 2018 Kristy McCaffrey
  
  
  Cover Design Livia Reasoner
  
  
  Prairie Rose Publications
  
  
  [www.prairierosepublications.com](http://www.prairierosepublications.com)
  
  
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  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are
  products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real.
  
  
  
  
  
  No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever
  without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief
  quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ##  Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  Arizona Territory
  
  
  October 1878
  
  
  
  
  
  Kit Boggs downed the last of his rye whiskey and settled into the wooden
  chair, the supports creaking loudly. He fully expected the contraption to gi