The Edinburgh Murders

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781399720458

Price: £22

ON SALE: 10th April 2025

Genre: Crime & Mystery / Historical Mysteries

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Edinburgh, 1948. Welfare Officer Helen Crowther has enough on her plate between her hectic job, her complicated love life, and her growing reputation as a troublemaker. Last year’s scandal did nothing to help with the disapproval she already gets as a woman in her line of work.

All she wants now is to focus on doing what she loves: helping the poor of the Fountainbridge ward in the city of Edinburgh. The last thing she needs is another string of murders to distract her . . .

But when a gentleman dressed in working-man’s clothing winds up dead right under Helen’s nose, and she catches her own father in a very risky lie, Helen is propelled back into the dark world where class rules, justice is hard to come by and gruesome death is everywhere.

Helen has already learned some hard truths about her city, but this investigation is about to reveal just how deep corruption can go . . .

Reviews

Everything I adore
Red
An absolute must for anyone who likes cosy historical mysteries
Crime Review
Plenty of twists to keep you guessing
The Bookbag
A deliriously fun tale, flawlessly written
Saga
The 1930s setting is skilfully evoked and there are shades of Agatha Christie in the plotting
Choice
Made all the more enjoyable through Dandy, McPherson's witty and hysterical narrator... If you're one for twists, turns, and glimpses of social history, this is for you
Scottish Field
A hauntingly atmospheric weaving of social history and layered mystery, with a gutsy heroine determined to deliver justice. McPherson's writing is compelling, moving and memorable
Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

The Edinburgh Murders