Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains
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- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2010
Summary
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, in short, that nice young Mrs Balfour’s new maid. But don’t worry, Alec dear: t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340992968 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340992964 |
| Author: | Catriona McPherson |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 130mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Dandy Gilver |
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Critics Review
“This one is full of clever twists.”
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 (both above and below stairs), a nicely-judged infusion of humour and a winning heroine. - IndependentGuaranteed 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. - Guardian on the Dandy Gilver seriesMcPherson is on to a winner… The period detail is accomplished and convincing, the crime is neatly convoluted and McPherson’s prose bristles with clever asides under a lucid surface… I can’t wait for her next adventure. - Scotland on Sunday on AFTER THE ARMISTICE BALLDelightful - Herald on THE WINTER GROUNDDandy Gilver is an enthralling heroine; part Dorothy Parker, part Miss Marple, utterly engaging. [Catriona] can send chills up your spine and provoke a fit of the giggles in the space of a few short pages. Absolutely wonderful - Kirsty ScottAbout The Author
Catriona McPherson
Catriona McPherson was educated at Edinburgh University, and spent a few years as a university lecturer before writing her first Dandy Gilver novel. Catriona now writes full-time and lives on a farm in Galloway.
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