After attending a luncheon with the Reverend Tait, Dandy finds herself traveling with the benevolent clergyman back to his home to attend a meeting of the Rural Women’s Institute. A stranger has been roaming the parish at night and pouncing on the ladies of the Rural, though this stranger only seems to appear at a full moon. After some investigation, Dandy begins to wonder if the story of the stranger is simply used by the residents of the village to hide a darker, more sinister secret.
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'Barbara Pym meets Dan Brown ... The strengths of BURY HER DEEP all derive from the voice of the narrator. Respectably married to the deeply conventional Hugh Gilver, Dandy is brisk, baffled, heroic, kindly, scandalised and above all very funny as she sleuths her way through the Scottish countryside.' -- Guardian 'Captivating and beautifully written Reminiscent of a wittier and less savage reworking of THE WICKER MAN, this book is alternately funny and chilling and works on a number of levels. A most original mystery novel.' -- Historical Novels Review 20080301 'McPherson is on to a winner with her 1920s society sleuth Dandy Gilver, who is the most engaging and ingenious crime-cracker I've met in ages. She is gauche but perceptive, married but unromantic (although there's a lovely frisson to her co-solver), sly but endearingly innocent. 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 wouldn't be surprised if she is translated on to the small screen soon, and I can't wait for her next adventure.' -- Scotland on Sunday on AFTER THE ARMISTICE BALL 20080301 'What a tonic it turned out to be' -- Fiona Walker 20080301 'Engaging and mysterious' -- Candis on BURY HER DEEP 20080301 'Dandy Gilver is a delightful heroine' -- My Weekly 20080301 'McPherson is an exemplary crime writer, effortlessly balancing the driest wit with melodramatic suspense. Her range of reference is seriously literary, her research impeccable, and her exuberance with period detail utterly beguiling. And Dandy herself is wonderful: blundering bravely through this mad and murky tale with perfect aplomb and a drop-dead vocabulary, she is a lesson to us all.' -- Scotsman 20080301 'Dandy Gilver is an enthralling heroine; part Dorothy Parker, part Miss Marple, utterly engaging. Catriona seems to have managed to transform the stiff prose of the era into something wonderfully fluid and beguiling. Absolutely wonderful. A real treat.' -- Kirsty Scott 20080301 'Compelling' -- Publishers Weekly starred review 20080301 'engaging and mysterious' -- Candis 20080301
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Catriona McPherson’s first novel, After the Armistice Ball, was short-listed for the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award. She is also the author of The Burry Man's Day.
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Mischief in Scotland,
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Dandy Gilver, a bored mother and wife of Hugh Gilver, a wealthy farmer, is now a self proclaimed detective having successfully solved one case..and been paid for doing so..is now prepared to accept the offer of a minister of the church in Fife , to solve the mystery of the "Dark Stranger". Ladies of the newly formed Women's Rural Institute in a small village, have been attacked when on their way home from meetings by a stranger dressed in dark clothes, who pulls out strands of their hair. Dandy stays at the manse with the minister and his daughter, but doesn't get far with her questioning of the victims, all of whom seem strangely reticent about details of their attacker. The villagers are a strange lot, clinging determinedly to the past, unwilling to accept new ideas and intermarrying for generations. When some of the locals raise the subject of witchcraft, Dandy dismisses the idea as superstitious nonsense as it's 1924, but later has to question her own thoughts on the matter. It's a strange book with some very likeable characters and quite a few kinky ones which is often the case in tales of the inhabitants of small villages.
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I love this series. Dandy Gilver is a wonderful character, very believable, charming and someone I would love to have as a friend, if she existed in real life.I read a great many mysteries, mostly cozies and I have become more particular in recent years as I have narrowed my definition of what I consider a cozy. Things that irritate me in some so-called cozies are episodes of behavior that would never be tolerated in the era in which the story is placed, gratuitous and graphic sexual conduct, especially when it does not advance the story line, and the use of language that was not common to the era or the area. I was charmed by the first book in the series (After the Armistice Ball) and immediately looked for other books by this author, Catriona McPherson. In my opinion this author is very talented and has the genre of the cozy mystery well in hand and writes about the post WWI period as if she had been there. I have read all the books except for The Winter Ground, which I have ordered but the first was lost in the mail so I have had to reorder from another vendor. For anyone who loves cozies and loves to read about Scotland in the early part of the twentieth century, you can't go wrong with this series.
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I ADORE Dandy Gilver,
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I can't say enough about the Dandy Gilver series. I read quite a few other mystery series, and end up getting disillusioned with the mediocre writing and lackluster plots. No so for this series - it feels so true to the times, and the writing is impeccable. I love the way the series is unpredictable -- it's not just a typical mystery formula. Some are quite dark, and the characters always surprise. I also love the true to life portrayal of Dandy's homelife, and how chilly her marriage is. It makes her feel like a real woman of her times, and not a set character. I just ordered the newest installment and can't wait to dive in. Keep going Catriona!!!
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