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 loves so dearly. The last thing she needs is another string of murders to distract her . . . But when three gentlemen dressed in rags wind up dead in very public places, she can't help but jump straight in. As Helen resolves to find the killer, she is propelled into a darker world of class, revenge and gruesome death, until suspicion falls on someone very close to home.
Author
aka Catriona McCloud Catriona McPherson was born in South Queensferry. After finishing school, she worked in a bank for a short time, before going to university. She studied for an MA in English Language and Linguistics at Edinburgh University, and then gained a job in the local studies department at Edinburgh City Libraries. She left this post after a couple of years, and went back to university to study for a PhD in semantics. During her final year she applied for an academic job, but left to begin a writing career. These days, McPherson lives with her husband on a farm in the Galloway countryside, where she spends her time writing, gardening, swimming and running.
