MYSTERY

A Deadly Measure of Brimstone: A Dandy Gilver Mystery

by Catriona McPherson
Minotaur: St. Martin's. Nov. 2014. 304p. ISBN 9781250053978. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781466856790. M
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In 1920s Perthshire, Scotland, Mrs. Dandelion (Dandy) Gilver runs a country home. Wife to Hugh, mother to Teddy and Donald, and mistress of a large household of servants, Dandy is still bored. Her menfolk fall victim to various illnesses, so Dandy decides to remove the family to the spa town of Moffat to drink the waters and indulge in the mineral wraps and cold salt rubs. But all is not right at the Laidlaw Hydropathic Hotel. The Laidlaw family members are at one another's throats, and a guest who checked into the spa has disappeared. Located near Gallow Hill, the spa is also frequently plagued by ghosts.
VERDICT Fans of the period as well as such TV series as Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs will enjoy Dandy's latest adventure (after Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses), although the will-they, won't-they romance between policeman Alec Osborne and Dandy is wearing thin.
Reviewed by Viccy Kemp , Oct 01, 2014
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