Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder
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- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
9 May 2011
Summary
Dandy Gilver and the Case of the Runaway Train
Friday 3rd June, 1927.
‘Careful what you wish for, lest it come true is my new motto, and here is why. I was summoned to Dunfermline, that old grey town, in the matter of a missing heiress.
She had flounced off in a sulk over forbidden love and I, suspecting elopement, was loath to take the job of scouring guesthouses to find the little madam and her paramour.
Before I could wriggle out of it, though, there was a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340992982 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340992980 |
| Series: | Dandy Gilver |
| Author: | Catriona McPherson |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 9 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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The period features are done with aplomb, the dialogue shines with Golden Age wit, and McPherson’s heroine is warm and sharp as well as ingenious at solving the mysteries she is presented with. - Scotland on Sunday on DANDY GILVER AND AN UNSUITABLE DAY FOR A MURDER
A subtle detonation of the cosy genre… an acute sense of period, sharp observation of the mores of the day (both above and below stairs), a nicely-judged infusion of humour and a winning heroine. - Independent on DANDY GILVER AND THE PROPER TREATMENT OF BLOODSTAINSGuaranteed to appeal to those who have never got over the death of Dorothy L Sayers … McPherson has an ear for mellifluous language … The story bristles with clues, and the resolution.. is unguessable. - Financial Times on DANDY GILVER AND THE PROPER TREATMENT OF BLOODSTAINSDan Brown meets Barbara Pym … Dandy is brisk, baffled, heroic, kindly, scandalised and - above all - very funny - GuardianAbout The Author
Catriona McPherson
Catriona McPherson was born in the village of Queensferry in south-east Scotland in 1965 and educated at Edinburgh University. She left with a PhD in Linguistics and spent a few years as a university lecturer before beginning to write fiction. The first Dandy Gilver novel was short-listed for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2005 and the second was long-listed for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year Award 2007. Catriona writes full-time and divides her time between southern Scotland and northern California.
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