The Mirror Dance

by Catriona McPherson

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'The ever-witty McPherson has outdone herself' Scottish Field

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*Winner of Left Coast Crime's Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel*

Something sinister is afoot in the streets of Dundee, when a puppeteer is found murdered behind his striped Punch and Judy stand, as children sit cross-legged drinking ginger beer. At once, Dandy Gilver's seemingly-innocuous investigation into plagiarism takes a darker turn. The gruesome death seems to be inextricably bound to the gloomy offices of Doig's Publishers, its secrets hidden in the real stories behind their girls' magazines The Rosie Cheek and The Freckle.

On meeting a mysterious professor from St Andrews, Dandy and her faithful colleague Alex Osbourne are flung into the worlds of academia, the theatre and publishing. Nothing is quite as it seems, and behind the cheerful facades of puppets and comic books, is a troubled history has begun to repeat itself.

  • ISBN10 152933795X
  • ISBN13 9781529337952
  • Publish Date 22 July 2021 (first published 21 January 2021)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
  • Imprint Hodder Paperback
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 288
  • Language English