Authors of the North- at least for a time
When we moved up to the Frozen North, I suppose that I imagined that my days of going to author signings in our local bookshops, reasonably handy for London, were over. And yes, they probably have...
View ArticleMurder Mystery Solved! (Before I read the last bit…)
After all the excitement of my 100th post and my very first guest reviewer,(thanks MHH!) it’s back to my weird selection of books. Easy to get hold of, but a strange selection of history (fiction and...
View ArticleReading for pleasure…or prescribed?
I mentioned in my last post one of the issues with reading books, beyond the format you choose. Do we read for our own pleasure, as we feel interested in a novel or indeed non fiction book, or do we...
View ArticleBack from the far North (or further North anyway!)
I’m back from holiday! A fortnight in changeable, lovely, welcoming Orkney. For a twenty five mile island, there are many books to be had. The Orcadian bookshop is definitely worth a look if you find...
View ArticleDandy Gilver &the Unpleasantness in the Ballroom – Catriona McPherson
Another day, another series depicting a woman detective in the late 1920s, early 1930s in Britain. Definitely Britain because this series of ten books about the cases of Dandy (Dandelion!) Gilver...
View ArticleDandy Gilver & a Most Misleading Habit by Catriona McPherson
It is possible that you have heard of Dandy Gilver and her detecting missions set in the 1920s. Catriona McPherson who has hit on a rich vein of organisations that need investigating as dubious...
View ArticleDandy Gilver & A Spot of Toil & Trouble by Catriona McPherson – The Scottish...
Dandy Gilver is a character familiar to readers of this book blog. Inasmuch as she always narrates the books which she appears in, her character is self evident as quite a thoughtful person who rebels...
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A Step So Grave by Catriona McPherson – a Dandy Gilver investigation into...
A Step So Grave by Catriona McPherson Family matters dominate this book in the series of Dandy Gilver investigations. Those who know and enjoy this series will remember the insights it offers into...
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The Turning Tide by Catriona McPherson – A Dandy Gilver Mystery in a Coastal...
It is 1936, and Dandy Gilver, private detective working with her trusted colleague Alec, is pulled away from her full time duties as a grandmother to undertake another case. It is an unusual one,...
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