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Agatha Christie meets Upstairs Downstairs For fans of Phryne Fisher and Maisie Dobbs Publishers WeeklyA mystery writer perfect for fans of Upstairs Downstairs Downton Abbey and Gosford Park Catriona McPherson has charmed readers everywhere with her fun and clever series set in 1920s Scotland In this new adventure witty aristocratic sleuth Dandy Gilver travels to an allgirls school in the small seaside town of Portpatrick to investigate the disappearance of a childhood friend who taught there Soon Dandy discovers that her missing chum is not the only thing thats off in Portpatrick Other teachers have been disappearing at an alarming rate The BBC has optioned the Dandy Gilver series for television and mystery fans will love Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses the newest excursion with Scotlands most charming sleuth
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The perfect read for those who enjoy the bygoneworld charm of Nancy Mitford Evelyn Waugh and Agatha Christie The Lady Scotland 1932 Aristocratic private investigator Dandy Gilver strikes again with her witty sidekick Alec Osbourne to solve sinister goings on at a convent on a bleak Lanarkshire moor The convent was set alight following a mass breakout at a neighbouring psychiatric hospital on Christmas Eve resulting in the death of the mother superior Most patients were returned safely but a few are still at large As Dandy interviews each nun in turn she senses a stranger is still lurking in the corridors at night could they be the same person who left bloodred footprints in the sacristy One of Catriona McPhersons creepiest and funniest mysteries yet
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Everything I adore Red magazinePlenty of twists to keep you guessing The BookbagWedding bells are set to ring as Dandy Gilver family in tow arrives in windswept Wester Ross on Valentines Day Theyve come to celebrate Lady Lavinias fiftieth birthday and to meet her daughter Mallory a lessthansuitable bridetobe for Dandys son DonaldBut soon love is the last thing on Dandys mind when the news breaks that Lady Lavinia has been found dead brutally murdered in the middle of her famous knot garden Strange superstitions and folklore abound among the Gaelicspeaking locals But Dandy suspects that the tangled boughs and branches around Applecross House hide something much more earthly at work
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McPhersons wit has been compared to that of PG Wodehouse or Nancy Mitford and her finely researched and choreographed narratives to the work of Agatha Christie an absolute delight these are the perfect reads for a night by the fire ScotsmanIts the breezy Scottish summer of 1936 and aristocratic sleuth Dandy Gilver along with trusted colleague Alec Osborne has been called to solve the strange case of the Cramond Ferrywoman on the Firth of Forth From their cheerless digs in a local stately home Dandy and Alec track Vesper Kemp the ferrywoman to a tiny tidal island She seems to have lost her mind roaming the beaches in rags ranting about snakes and mercury What is even more troubling is that Vesper claims she murdered Peter Haslett a young man who fell into the river trying to row past one of its four water mills and drowned A group of worried Cramond residents the minister the innkeeper and the lady of the big house are determined that Vesper is innocent But with the four local millers themselves remaining oddly tightlipped and with all the suspicious strangers who lurk about the village Dandy and Alec have their work cut out for them And they closer they get to the answers they seek the stronger the sense that great danger lies beneath the surface of these murky waters
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Times are hard for a struggling family circus in the long cold winter of 1925 Pa and Ma Cooke are more than happy to accept the offer of free winter standing on the remote Blackcraig estate in Perthshire in return for a few shows to the Wilson family around Christmastime Wealthy but brash Albert Wilson is excited to find himself the center of a circle of bright young women who are agog for the circus and ready to endure his company to view a free show With the threat of revolution blowing in from the east on the icy gales Hugh Gilver is less pleased to see the troupe Prebrezhensky ensconced in the valley but the Gilver boys cannot get enough of Tiny Truman the midget and Andrew Merryman the giant not to mention the mysterious and beautiful barebacked rider Anastasia When Ma Cooke asks for Dandys help to get to the bottom of a string of spiteful tricks at the winter ground Hugh gives his approval But the fun runs out when the silly tricks take a darker turn leaving one of the performers dead and the Cooke Wilson and Gilver families fractured amid whispers of murder
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A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1930s Scotland For fans of PG Wodehouse Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie A delightfully uplifting mystery with a distinctly PG Wodehouseian feel Navigating ancient castles and family feuds Dandy Gilver must also contend with a ribald staging of Shakespeares Macbeth I loved the sense of fun the wonderful use of language satisfying on many levels Vaseem Khan author of the Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra Scotland 1934 Aristocratic private detective Dandy Gilver arrives at Castle Bewer at midsummer to solve the tangled mystery of a missing man a lost ruby and a family curse The Bewer familys latest wheeze to keep the wolf from the door is turning the castle keep into a theatre While a motley band of players rehearse Macbeth the Bewers themselves prepare lectures their faithful servants set up a tearoom and the guest wings fill with rich American ladies seeking Meanwhile Dandy and her sidekick Alec Osborne begin to unravel the many secrets of the Bewers and find that despite the witches murders and ghosts onstage its behind the scenes where the darkest deeds are done The perfect read for those who enjoy the bygoneworld charm of Nancy Mitford Evelyn Waugh and Agatha Christie The Lady on Dandy Gilver and a Most Misleading Habit Catriona McPherson is a writer as talented as she is versatile Dandy Gilver tackles a Golden Age era puzzle with her usual aplomb when the Scottish play offers a Shakespearean twist to a mystery with plenty of classic ingredients Martin Edwards Dandy Gilver is a fabulous character a cross between Nancy Drew and the Australian crime cracker Miss Fisher She is both relentless and brilliant Amazon Reviewer
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A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1930s Scotland For fans of PG Wodehouse Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie Glasgow1932 is a city in the grip of dancefever Public ballrooms and backstreet dancehalls are thronged every night and competition for professional titles is fierce Even after the sudden death of one of last years hopefuls there are plenty willing to take his place and few who stop to wonder why he died In the melting pot of the Locarno Ballroom in Sauchiehall Street a debutante rubs shoulders with denizens of Glasgows meanest streets her respectable fiance oblivious her parents dismayed When she starts receiving threats from a rival they grow frantic enough to call on Dandy Gilver to save their precious daughter from harm But as Dandy and her sidekick Alec Osborne begin to unravel the secrets of the dancehall they soon discover that the rot goes much deeper than rivalry and theres more at stake than a silver cup Despite the pretty frocks and dancing shoes this apparently glittering world is a darker place than theyve ever been before
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Perthshire 1929 and the menfolk of the Gilver family have come down between them with influenza bronchitis pneumonia and pleurisy Dandy the devoted wife and mother decides it is time to decamp Dandy the intrepid detective however decides to decamp to the scene of a murder she would dearly love to solve The family repairs to the Borders town of Moffat there to drink the sulphurous waters straight from the well and to submit to the galvanic wraps and cold salt rubs of the splendid Laidlaw Hydropathic Hotel But all is not well at the Hydro The Laidlaw family is at war the guests are an uneasy mix of old faithfuls and giddy upstarts and the secret of the lady who arrived but never left cannot be kept for long And what of those drifting shapes in the Turkish bath Just steam shifting in the air Probably But the Hydro was built in the lee of a Gallow Hill and in this town the dead can be as much trouble as the living
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Catriona McPhersons critically acclaimed mystery series set in 1920s Scotland and featuring plucky and laughoutloudfunny heroine Dandy Gilver is perfect for fans of PG Wodehouse Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie In A Deadly Measure of Brimstone Dandy and the whole Gilver clan travel to a spa town for a weekend of relaxation which is quickly interrupted by a slew of mysterious and deadlyevents The men of the Gilver family have come down between them with influenza bronchitis pneumonia and pleurisy The family repairs to the town of Moffat there to submit to the galvanic wraps and cold salt rubs of the splendid Laidlaw Hydropathic Hotel But all is not well at the Hydro and the secret of the lady who arrived but never left cannot be kept for long And what of those drifting shapes in the Turkish bath Just steam shifting in the air Probably But in this town the dead can be as much trouble as the living
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One of The Boston Globes Best Mysteries of 2011 nbspGuaranteed to appeal to those who have never got over the death of Dorothy L Sayers Financial Times UKWelcome to Edinburgh 1926 Dandy Gilver a wealthy and witty aristocrat and sometimes amateur sleuth receives a letter from Lollie Balfour who insists that her husband of five years is having her followed and her mail is being steamed open The only way for Dandy to help is by pretending to applying for a job as a ladys maid in Lollies house Dandy gets a crash course from her own maid and arrives at 31 Heriot Row ready to put all of her detection skills to good use Why does Mr Balfour want to get rid of his wife And can Dandy stay in disguise long enough to evade the villains nbspCharming and funny Dandy Gilver is an irresistible sleuth who is sure to win over mystery lovers everywhere Readers who cant get enough of Dorothy L Sayers Barbara Pym and Dorothy Parker will definitely find a new favorite in Catriona McPhersons smart and original mystery
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Winner of the 2017 Agatha Award for Best Historical NovelDandy Gilver is marvelously hopelessly hilariously wonderful If you havent discovered Catriona McPherson yet its time to start Charles Todd author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery seriesOn the raindrenched windbattered Banffshire coast dilapidated mansions cling to cliff tops and tiny fishing villages perch on ledges that would make a seagull think twice Its nowhere for Dandy Gilver a child of gentle Northamptonshire to spend ChristmasBut when odd things start to turn up in barrels of fishwith a strong whiff of murder most foulthats exactly where she finds herself Enlisted to investigate Dandy and her trusty cohort Alec Osborne are soon swept up in the fisherfolks wedding season as well as the mystery Between ageold traditions and brandnew horrors Dandy must think the unthinkable to solve her most baffling case yet in The Reek of Red Herrings
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Summer 1923 and as the village of Queensferry prepares for the annual Ferry Fair and the walk of the Burry Man feelings are running high With his pagan greenery his lucky pennies and the nips of whisky he is treated to wherever he goes the Burry Man has much to offend stricter souls like the minister or temperance pamphleteer And then at the Fair in full view of everyone including Dandy Gilver invited to hand out the prizes the Burry Man falls down dead If he has been poisoned then the list of suspects includes anyone with a bottle of whisky in the house and here at Queensferry that means just about everyone
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A classic murdermystery set among the struggling upper classes of 1920s Perthshire as in the aftermath of the First World War their comfortable world begins to crumble Dandy Gilver her husband back from the War her children off at school and her uniform growing musty in the attic is bored to a whimper in the spring of 1923 and a little light snooping seems like harmless fun Before long though the puzzle of what really happened to the Duffy diamonds after the Armistice Ball has been swept aside by a sudden unexpected death in a lonely seaside cottage in Galloway Society and the law seem ready to call it an accident but Dandy along with Cara Duffys fiance Alec is sure that there is more going on than meets the eye What is being hidden by members of the Duffy family the watchful Lena the cold and distant Clemence and old Gregory Duffy with his air of quiet sadness not to mention Cara herself whose secret always seems just tantalisingly out of view Dandy must learn to trust her instincts and swallow most of her scruples if he is to uncover the truth and earn the right to call herself a sleuth
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Feeling restless in the years after World War I Scottish gentry wife Dandy Gilver investigates the whereabouts of a cache of stolen diamonds a case that tests Dandys scruples and is complicated by the untimely death of a young woman
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