'McPherson's 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.' Scotsman Wedding bells are set to ring as Dandy Gilver, family in tow, arrives in windswept Wester Ross on Valentine's Day. They've come to celebrate Lady Lavinia's fiftieth birthday and to meet her daughter Mallory, a less-than-suitable bride-to-be for Dandy's son Donald. But soon love is the last thing on Dandy's 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 Gaelic-speaking locals. But , Dandy suspects that the tangled boughs and branches around Applecross House hide something much more earthly at work . . .
| ISBN: | 9781473682368 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2019 |
| Author: | Catriona McPherson |
| Publisher: | Hodder Paperback an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | Dandy Gilver |
| Genres: |
Historical Crime and Mysteries Crime and mystery: women sleuths |