Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains: A twisty and gripping cosy historical murder mystery

Name: Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains: A twisty and gripping cosy historical murder mystery
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Catriona McPherson

Dec 2009 · Hachette UK

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How the other half live . . . and die

1926, Edinburgh: With the miners' strikes roiling in the city, society lady - and sometimes detective - Dandy Gilver receives a letter from acquaintance Lollie Balfour, who is convinced her husband is going to kill her. To investigate, Dandy goes undercover - and below stairs - to pose as Miss Rossiter, lady's maid.

But soon a horrific discovery is made inside a locked room - the body of Mr Balfour.

As the tensions mount in the streets of Edinburgh, suspicion sparks paranoia in 31 Heriot Row, where the murderer is still at large, and the only person who knows Dandy's true identity is the prime suspect . . .

A brilliantly thrilling and witty cosy historical locked-room mystery set against the turbulence of Edinburgh in the 1920s. Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and Richard Osman.

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'Dandy Gilver is just wonderful . . . The author captures the mood of the 1920s so well' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Alison Robinson

February 7, 2021

Ha, so much for my prediction - 100% wrong! And yet irritatingly I did have a slight feeling about the real culprit. Our amateur sleuth Dandy Gilver receives a letter from an Edinburgh lady, accusing her husband of trying to kill her, she begs Dandy to come and work undercover as her maid in order to help her escape. In disguise as Miss Rossiter, ladies maid, Dandy finds her employer Lollie Balfour (real first name Walburga!) to be a sacred waif of a woman, but surprisingly her husband Phillip doesn't appear to be the sort of monster who threatens to kill his wife. Yet talking to the other servants Dandy finds that each of them has a tale of the spiteful, cruel things that Mr Balfour has done to them. Unsurprising then that he is found dead, stabbed in the neck with one of the kitchen knives. This is a classic golden age locked door mystery. Because the butler meticulously locks all the door every night the murder must be an 'inside job', certainly nearly everyone has a motive, but it seems that everyone also has an alibi! As always this was a cracking read, I was totally convinced the murderer was someone completely different and yet the clues were all there ready to be unpicked, just little nuggets dropped carelessly into conversations. Overall, very satisfactory mystery with a plausible ending that I did not see coming.

About the author

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 the year in northern California, spends summers in Scotland, and writes full time in both. www.catrionamcpherson.com www.twitter.com/CatrionaMcP

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