The Reek of Red Herrings: A Dandy Gilver Mystery (English Edition)

Winner of the 2017 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel! Dandy Gilver is marvelously, hopelessly, hilariously wonderful. If you havent discovered Catriona McPherson yet, its time to start! Charles Todd, author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery series On the rain-drenched, wind-battered Banffshire coast dilapidated mansions cling to cliff tops, and tiny fishing villages perch on ledges that would make a seagull think twice. Its nowhere for Dandy Gilver, a child of gentle Northamptonshire, to spend Christmas. But when odd things start to turn up in barrels of fishwith a strong whiff of murder most foulthats exactly where she finds herself. Enlisted to investigate, Dandy and her trusty cohort, Alec Osborne, are soon swept up in the fisherfolks wedding season as well as the mystery. Between age-old traditions and brand-new horrors, Dandy must think the unthinkable to solve her most baffling case yet in The Reek of Red Herrings.