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Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains
Catriona McPherson
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Description for Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains
Paperback. The intriguing new mystery featuring Dandy Gilver, 'the most engaging and ingenious crime-cracker I've met in ages' (Scotland on Sunday) Num Pages: 304 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1920s Scotland. For fans of PG Wodehouse, Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie.
1st May 1926 - Dear Alec,
Just when those who should be working are all downing tools for this wretched strike (and I still can't believe it - I mean to say: riots, Alec - in Edinburgh of all places) guess who is setting her virgin shoulder to its very first wheel?
I am dressed in serge and sensible footwear, sleeping in an iron bed and dining off pickled tongue at six o'clock each day. I am, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340992968
SKU
V9780340992968
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99-10
About Catriona McPherson
Catriona McPherson was born in the village of Queensferry in south-east Scotland and left Edinburgh University with a PhD in Linguistics. Her historical fiction has been short-listed for the CWA Ellis Peters award and long-listed for Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year, as well as winning two Agathas, two Macavitys, and four Leftys in the USA. Catriona lives most of ... Read more
Reviews for Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains
McPherson's books are always strong on period detail, with nifty sleight-of-hand plotting and plenty of interesting secondary characters, but it's Dandy herself who makes them shine: witty, briskly humane and quietly subversive, she is a continuing delight.
Guardian
A subtle detonation of the cosy genre... an acute sense of period, sharp observation of the mores of the day ... Read more
Guardian
A subtle detonation of the cosy genre... an acute sense of period, sharp observation of the mores of the day ... Read more