{"product_id":"dandy-gilver-an-unsuitable-day-murder","title":"Dandy Gilver \u0026 An Unsuitable Day\/murder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eA cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1920s Scotland. For fans of PG Wodehouse, Alexander McCall Smith and Agatha Christie.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Dan Brown meets \u003cb\u003eBarbara Pym\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Dandy is brisk, baffled, heroic, kindly, scandalised and - above all - \u003cb\u003every funny.\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of several authors recreating \u003cb\u003ethe Golden Age of the British crime novel\u003c\/b\u003e and a legion of fans adore the tongue-in-cheek cases that come the way of Dandy Gilver, a very Scottish middle class sleuth.'' \u003ci\u003eNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFriday 3rd June, 1927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDear \u003cb\u003eAlec\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Careful what you wish for, lest it come true'' is my new motto, and here is why. I was summoned to Dunfermline, that old grey town, in the matter of a missing heiress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe had flounced off in a sulk over forbidden love and I, suspecting elopement, was loath to take the job of scouring guesthouses to find the little madam and her paramour. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore I could wriggle out of it, though, there was a murder in the mix - or was it suicide? I had hardly begun to decide when it happened again. Then I was sacked. Actually sacked! By two separate people, and both dismissals in writing. And that''s not even the worst of it, darling: matters here are careering downwards much in the style of a runaway train.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease hurry - or who knows where it might end,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDandy\u003c\/b\u003e xx\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eCatriona McPherson''s latest novel in the series, \u003ci\u003eDandy Gilver and a Spot of Toil and Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e is now available for pre-order.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319194689918,"sku":"NW9780340992982","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780340992982.jpg?v=1778693160","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/dandy-gilver-an-unsuitable-day-murder","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}