Catriona McPherson

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  • Bibliography:
    40 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2005
  • Latest Book:
    August 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Dandy Gilver Mystery

1 - After the Armistice Ball (Aug-2005)
2 - The Burry Man's Day (Aug-2006)
3 - The Winter Ground (Jan-2009)
4 - Bury Her Deep (May-2009)
5 - The Proper Treatment of Bloodstains (Feb-2010)
6 - Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder (May-2012)
7 - Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses (Nov-2013)
8 - A Deadly Measure of Brimstone (Nov-2014)
9 - The Reek of Red Herrings (Feb-2015)
10 - Dandy Gilver and the Unpleasantness in the Ballroom (Jan-2015)
11 - Dandy Gilver and a Most Misleading Habit (Mar-2017)
12 - Dandy Gilver and a Spot of Toil and Trouble (Feb-2018)
13 - A Step So Grave (Nov-2019)
14 - The Turning Tide (Dec-2020)
15 - The Mirror Dance (Dec-2021)
16 - The Witching Hour (Sep-2024)

The Edinburgh Murders

1 - Edinburgh Murders (Apr-2025)

A Last Ditch Mystery

1 - Scot Free (Apr-2018)
2 - Scot and Soda (Apr-2019)
3 - Scot on the Rocks (Jan-2021)
4 - Scot Mist (Jan-2022)
5 - Scot in a Trap (Dec-2022)
6 - Hop Scot (Dec-2023)
7 - Scotzilla (Dec-2024)

Book List in Order: 40 titles

  • After the Armistice Ball

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 1

    A classic murder-mystery set among the struggling upper classes of 1920s Perthshire as, in the aftermath of the First World War, their comfortable world begins to crumble. Dandy Gilver, her husband back from the War, her children off at school and he...

  • The Burry Man's Day

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 2

    Summer 1923, and as the village of Queensferry prepares for the annual Ferry Fair and the walk of the Burry Man, feelings are running high. With his pagan greenery, his lucky pennies and the nips of whisky he is treated to wherever he goes, the Burry...

  • The Winter Ground

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 3

    A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1930s Scotland. For fans of PG Wodehouse, Alexander McCall Smith and Agatha Christie.

    'McPherson is an exemplary crime writer'Scotsman

    BAD LUCK? BAD TIMING? OR GOOD OLD-FASHIO...

  • Bury Her Deep

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 4

    After attending a luncheon with the Reverend Tait, Dandy finds herself traveling with the benevolent clergyman back to his home to attend a meeting of the Rural Women's Institute. A stranger has been roaming the parish at night and pouncing on the la...

  • The Proper Treatment of Bloodstains

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 5

    One of The Boston Globe's Best Mysteries of 2011 "Guaranteed to appeal to those who have never got over the death of Dorothy L. Sayers." -- Financial Times (UK)Welcome to Edinburgh, 1926. Dandy Gilver, a wealthy and witty aristocrat (and sometimes a...

  • Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 6

    Aristocratic and delightfully witty amateur sleuth Dandy Gilver was greeted with boisterous cheers from readers and reviewers alike in Catriona McPherson’s previous outing, Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains, which The Boston Glob...

  • As She Left It

    When she was twelve years old, Opal Jones escaped her mother’s endless drinking. Now, returning to their small Leeds cottage after her mum’s death, Opal feels like she’s gone back in time. Nosey Mrs. Pickess is still polishing her windows to a ...

  • Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 7

    A mystery writer perfect for fans of Upstairs Downstairs, Downton Abbey, and Gosford Park, Catriona McPherson has charmed readers everywhere with her fun and clever series set in 1920s Scotland. In this new adventure, witty, aristocratic sleuth Dand...

  • The Day She Died

    That was the day I met Gus, the day I grew a family as if from magic beans, the day she died. That’s the point, see? It was the very same day… Jessie Constable has learned the hard way to always keep herself safe. But meeting Gus King changes ...



  • A Deadly Measure of Brimstone

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 8

    Catriona McPherson's critically acclaimed mystery series set in 1920s Scotland and featuring plucky and laugh-out-loud-funny heroine Dandy Gilver is perfect for fans of PG Wodehouse, Dorothy L Sayers, and Agatha Christie. In "A Deadly Measure of ...

  • Dandy Gilver and the Unpleasantness in the Ballroom

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 10

  • The Reek of Red Herrings

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 9

    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. It’s nowhere for Dandy Gilver, a child of gentle Northamptonshire, to sp...

  • Come to Harm

    For Keiko Nishisato, leaving Tokyo is a rare adventure, but it’s living in the quiet little town of Painchton, Scotland, that shows her how far she is from home. Keiko has never met friendlier people than the Painchton Traders. Only the Pooles,...

  • The Child Garden

    Eden was its name. “An alternative school for happy children.” But it closed in disgrace after a student’s suicide. Now it’s a care home, the grounds neglected and overgrown. Gloria Harkness is its only neighbor, staying close to her son who ...

  • Quiet Neighbors

    A woman on the run blows the dust off a series of deadly secrets  It’s the oldest bookshop in a town full of bookshops; rambling and disordered, full of treasures if you look hard. Jude found one of the treasures when she visited last summer, t...

  • Dandy Gilver and a Most Misleading Habit

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 11

  • A Butler is Born

    in Malice Domestic 12: Murder Most Historical

  • House. Tree. Person.

    A year ago, she was happily married, running her beauty salon, raising her son, living in her dream house. Now Ali McGovern’s dreams are slipping away and all her old ghosts are rising. A job at Howell Hall, the private psychiatric facility near...

  • Dandy Gilver and a Spot of Toil and Trouble

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 12

    A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1930s Scotland. For fans of PG Wodehouse, Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie. 'A delightfully uplifting mystery with a distinctly P.G. Wodehouse-ian feel. Navigating ancient castles, and family feuds, Dandy Gilver...



  • Scot Free

    A Last Ditch Mystery - 1

    Lexy Campbell fell in love and left her native Scotland for a golden life in California--hitched to a hunk, building her marriage counseling practice, living the dream. Six months later she's divorced, broke, and headed home. There's just one last th...

  • Low Down Dirty Vote

    This anthology of short crime fiction raises funds to help the ACLU fight voter suppression. Authors: Kris Calvin, Alison Catharine, Ray Daniel, David Hagerty, Mariah Klein, Derek Marsh, Jr., Catriona McPherson, Camille Minichino, Ann Parker, Trav...

  • Go to My Grave

    From Catriona McPherson, the Agatha-Award winning author of Quiet Neighbors, comes a clever, spine-tingling standalone Gothic thriller. Donna Weaver has put everything she has into restoring The Breakers, an old bed and breakfast on a remote stret...

  • Scot and Soda

    A Last Ditch Mystery - 2

    Scottish-born California transplant Lexy Campbell sails into trouble when her houseboat party ends on a deadly note. Now settled in her little houseboat, moored in the slough at the back of the Last Ditch Motel, Lexy Campbell wants nothing more th...

  • Strangers at the Gate

    From Catriona McPherson, Agatha Award-winning author of Quiet Neighbors, comes Strangers at the Gate: a twisty, fascinating mystery that asks the question: who do you turn to when everyone's a stranger and you've stopped believing your own ey...

  • A Step So Grave

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 13

    'McPherson's wit has been compared to that of PG Wodehouse or Nancy Mitford, and her finely researched and choreographed narratives to the work of Agatha Christie . . . an absolute delight . . . these are the perfect reads for a night by the fire.' S...

  • Quiet Neighbours

    A woman on the run uncovers a series of deadly secrets in this gripping, twisty standalone psychological thriller from award-winning master storyteller Catriona McPherson. Lowland Glen is the oldest bookshop in a quiet Scottish town full of bookshops...

  • The Turning Tide

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 14

    It is the breezy Scottish summer of 1936, Lady Dandy Gilver has been called, with trusted colleague Alec Osbourne, to solve the strange case of the Crammond Ferrywoman on the Firth of Forth. A small island is home to a woman, Vesper Kemp, who has los...

  • Scot on the Rocks

    A Last Ditch Mystery - 3

    Lexy Campbell's ex-husband begs for her help finding his current wife, whose disappearance mirrors that of a number of statues around California - menacing ransom note and all. A community is devastated when the bronze statue of local legend ...

  • A Gingerbread House

    An invitation you can’t refuse. You should . . . When shy, lonely Ivy meets a woman who claims to be her long-lost sister, she knows it’s too good to be true. She decides to trust Kate anyway. She wants a family. She wants someone to love. She...



  • The Weight of Angels

  • The Mirror Dance

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 15

    'The ever-witty McPherson has outdone herself' Scottish Field'All the wit and clever plotting fans of Christie could want' My Weekly Special*Winner of Left Coast Crime's Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel*Something sinister is afoot in the...

  • Scot Mist

    A Last Ditch Mystery - 4

    Despite efforts to create a safe environment to see out the pandemic, the residents of the Last Ditch Motel face more dangers than they imagined possible in this hilarious yet claustrophobic mystery. March 2020 and Operation Cocker is a go! The owne...

  • In Place of Fear

    'Authentic social history at the birth of the NHS, an intriguing murder, a strong and convincing central character, and McPherson's wonderful story-telling skills make this a very classy mystery' ANN CLEEVES'A hauntingly atmospheric weaving of social...

  • Scot in a Trap

    A Last Ditch Mystery - 5

    WINNER OF THE 2023 ANTHONY AWARD FOR BEST HUMOROUS NOVELIn this darkly funny mystery Lexy Campbell's first love turns up dead at the Last Ditch Motel on Thanksgiving . . . and she becomes the prime suspect!A mysterious object the size of a suitcase, ...

  • Hop Scot

    A Last Ditch Mystery - 6

    It's all aboard for a Campbell Clan Christmas! Lexy swaps cinnamon lattes for boiled sprouts when the Last Ditch crew travel from California to an idyllic Scottish village for the holidays, but something very unmerry is lurking below the surface . . ...

  • Deep Beneath Us

    Will the truth pull them under? A twisty, gripping mystery from a multi-award-winning master of suspense that you won't be able to put down . . .Tabitha Muir returns to her childhood home in the remote hills of Hiskith in Scotland after twenty years ...

  • The Witching Hour

    A Dandy Gilver Mystery - 16

    ♥️ ' . . . an absolute delight . . . these are the perfect reads for a night by the fire' ♥️ ScotsmanWar is hovering on the horizon, and Dandy Gilver wants nothing more than to keep her friends and family close. But then a call in the night p...

  • Scotzilla

    A Last Ditch Mystery - 7

    Lexy's wedding becomes a crime scene when a murderer dares to strike on her big day in this superbly plotted and wickedly funny cozy.Lexy Campbell is about to put her bridezilla tendencies to one side to tie the knot with her beau Taylor in Cuento. T...

  • Edinburgh Murders

    The Edinburgh Murders - 1

    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...



  • Untitled Catriona McPherson 2

    Edinburgh, 1948. Loud-mouthed nurse Helen Crowther has been in her new job barely a year. She's already made waves - everywhere she goes she dodges looks of disapproval and eyes roll behind her back. Still, she is determined to better the city she lo...

Award-Winning Books by Catriona McPherson

As She Left It
2014 Anthony Award -- Paperback Original
Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder
2012 Agatha Award -- Historical
The Day She Died
2015 Anthony Award -- Paperback Original
A Deadly Measure of Brimstone
2015 Macavity Award -- Historical
The Reek of Red Herrings
2016 Agatha Award -- Historical


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Catriona McPherson has published 40 books.

The next book by Catriona McPherson, Untitled Catriona McPherson 2, will be published in August 2025.

The first book by Catriona McPherson, After the Armistice Ball, was published in August 2005.

Yes. Catriona McPherson has 3 series.
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