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 away. She's lost her job, her house, and custody of her son after a divorce, and thinks this must be rock bottom - but worse is to come. An unplanned explosion at the dam on the loch and the suspicious death of her beloved cousin Davey force Tabitha to confront her past demons. Is Davey's death just another dark episode in the Muir family's scandalous history? As Davey's closest friends, Gordo and Barrett, help Tabitha try to answer the many questions around Davey's demise, Tabitha discovers that nothing she thought she knew about herself and those around her is true . . . The trio are about to bring Hiskith's darkest secrets to the surface, but will the truth destroy them?
Catriona McPherson Ordre des livres
Cette autrice explore les subtilités de la psyché humaine et des relations interpersonnelles à travers des récits captivants. Sa dextérité stylistique et sa perspicacité aiguë dans les motivations des personnages rendent ses œuvres inoubliables. Avec un équilibre délicat entre suspense et introspection, elle entraîne les lecteurs dans des mondes à la fois dérangeants et fascinants. Sa prose témoigne du pouvoir de la narration et de la capacité de la littérature à refléter les complexités de notre existence.






- 2024
- 2024
The new Dandy Gilver mystery novel, full of whip-smart crime, clever twists and Catriona McPherson's signature wit.
- 2023
The Last Ditch crew travel from California to an idyllic Scottish village for the holidays, but something very unmerry is lurking below the surface...The news that a man disappeared from the crumbling pile sixty years ago, along with an unsettling discovery in the bricked-up basement, means that Todd, Kathi and Lexy must solve another murder.
- 2022
In Place of Fear
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
As the NHS is born, a killer stalks the streets of Edinburgh ... A brilliant new standalone crime novel from acclaimed novelist Catriona McPherson, author of the Dandy Gilver series.
- 2022
The residents of the Last Ditch Motel are celebrating Thanksgiving and the arrival of a baby girl. But as one life enters the Ditch, another leaves it. Menzies Lassiter only just checked in, but instantly checked out. By being shot dead. And counsellor Lexy Campbell appears to be the only one with the means, opportunity and motive to kill him.
- 2021
The Mirror Dance
- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
A delightful Dandy Gilver mystery by Catriona McPherson, set in 1930s Scotland. For fans of PG Wodehouse, Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie.
- 2021
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's making a mistake. Ivy enters Kate's Scottish fairytale cottage . . . and she doesn't come out. She's the first to go missing. She won't be the last.
- 2021
As the pandemic hits the residents of The Last Ditch Motel put Operation Cocker into action: create a safe community with a select few offered rooms as a safe haven. When ambiguous, threatening signs appear then a gruesome discovery is made, their attempt to form a safe space fails. But is it an outsider responsible, or someone inside?
- 2020
Strangers at the Gate
- 368pages
- 13 heures de lecture
A new psychological thriller from bestselling author Catriona McPherson.
- 2020
Lexy Campbell is begged by her ex-husband to find his wife, Brandee, who has disappeared. As Lexy begins her investigation, Bran finds one of Brandee's false nails along with a ransom note. The note has the same message as was found where the statue of local legend Mama Cuento was stolen. Are the two cases linked or is a copycat on the loose?