Catriona McPherson was born in the village of Queensferry in south-east Scotland in 1965 and educated at Edinburgh University. She left with a PhD in Linguistics and spent a few years as a university lecturer before beginning to write fiction. The first Dandy Gilver novel was short-listed for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2005 and the second was long-listed for the Theakston`s Crime Novel of the Year Award 2007. Catriona writes full-time and lives on a farm in Galloway.

A jaunty romp with a gripping ending... delightful

Catriona McPherson was born in the village of Queensferry in south-east Scotland in 1965 and educated at Edinburgh University. She left with a PhD in Linguistics and spent a few years as a university lecturer before beginning to write fiction. The first Dandy Gilver novel was short-listed for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2005 and the second was long-listed for the Theakston`s Crime Novel of the Year Award 2007. Catriona writes full-time and lives on a farm in Galloway.

A jaunty romp with a gripping ending... delightful

Catriona McPherson was born in the village of Queensferry in south-east Scotland in 1965 and educated at Edinburgh University. She left with a PhD in Linguistics and spent a few years as a university lecturer before beginning to write fiction. The first Dandy Gilver novel was short-listed for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2005 and the second was long-listed for the Theakston`s Crime Novel of the Year Award 2007. Catriona writes full-time and lives on a farm in Galloway.

A jaunty romp with a gripping ending... delightful