Perthshire 1929 and the menfolk of the Gilver family have come down, between them, with cases of influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia and pleurisy. When an outbreak of scarlet fever strikes the village Dandy the devoted wife and mother decides it time to decamp. Dandy the intrepid detective, however, decides to decamp to the scene of a murder she would dearly love to solve.
Newsflash: THE DAY SHE DIED is up for an Edgar.
Newsflash too: BRIMSTONE is on the Bruce shortlist
Next event: Crimelandia! Left Coast Crime, Portland, 12th-15th Mar
Q: Who drew all the pies? A: Mark did. The Edinburgh Sketcher
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On the rain-drenched, wave-lashed, wind-battered Banffshire coast, tiny fishing villages perch on ledges which would make a seagull think twice and crumbly mansions cling to crumblier cliff tops while, out in the bay, the herring drifters brave the storms to catch their silver darlings. It's nowhere for a child of gentle Northamptonshire to spend Christmas.