First published 2012
Dandy Gilver receives a summons to the grey town of Dunfermline on Friday, June 3rd, 1927. A wealthy heiress has vanished after a quarrel about forbidden love. Dandy suspects the girl has simply eloped and feels reluctant to spend her time searching guesthouses for the spoiled young woman and her lover. Before she can escape this tedious assignment, murder enters the picture. Or perhaps suicide. Dandy barely starts investigating when death strikes again. Then her clients dismiss her from the case. Not one but two separate people fire her, both delivering their dismissals in writing. The situation spirals out of control like a runaway train. Dandy writes urgently to her partner Alec, warning him that events are accelerating beyond her ability to manage them alone. She needs his help immediately, or the consequences could prove catastrophic. Her new personal motto has become a warning about getting what you wish for.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, thriller, detective, cozy-mystery
Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-detective, murder-investigation, reluctant-sleuth
Setting: Dunfermline, Scotland
Period: 1927
304 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press