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The Edinburgh Murders
(Book 2)

10 April 2025 (UK)

Welfare Officer Helen Crowther has enough on her plate between her very hectic job, her complicated love life, and her growing reputation as a ‘troublemaker’. Last year’s scandal did nothing to help with the disapproval she already gets as a woman in her line of work.


All she wants now is to focus on doing what she loves: helping the poor of the Fountainbridge ward in the city of Edinburgh. The last thing she needs is another string of murders to distract her . . .


But when a gentleman dressed in working-man’s clothing winds up dead right under Helen’s nose, and she catches her own father in a very risky lie, Helen is propelled back into the dark world where class rules, justice is hard to come by and gruesome death is everywhere.

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'It was a delight to be back with Helen Crowther in The Edinburgh Murders.  A great cast of returning characters, a plot at once playful and disturbing, and a wonderfully satisfying surprise ending. McPherson is a terrific story-teller.'      ANN CLEEVES

‘An intricately plotted mystery with wonderfully original (nasty, but not gory) murders. The rich period detail and use of local dialect immediately whisk you away to post-war Edinburgh. Hugely enjoyable!’ FIONA LEITCH