The Edinburgh Murders
A dark tour-de-force by bestselling historical crime fiction queen

I enjoyed it even though the end was a bit of a cliff hanger! Hence the 3*. However, I really enjoyed the characters, Helen, the Welfare officer, Billy, the morgue attendant and both doctors, Sarah and her husband. They do make a wonderful team with distinctive and intriguing characters. The origina......more

Helen Crowther, a professional welfare officer for the newly formed National Health Service of Scotland, is at the public washhouse helping one of her patients to wash herself when there is a great commotion and it turns out that a corpse has been found in one of the men's changing rooms - he looks......more

It’s 1948 and Helen Crowther is a welfare almoner for the newly formed NHS in Edinburgh. It’s not an easy or a popular job, and her home life isn’t simple either but she keeps on going. While she’s at the bath house with one of her clients, the body of a man is found boiled to death in one of the cu......more

Helen Crowther #2 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 a woman in her line of work. All......more

A clever and entertaining read Couldn’t put this one down. Believable, edgy characters and intelligent settings made this ever so slightly gothic story highly satisfying. I loved the details of Edinburgh and its varied history. I have enjoyed many of Catriona McPhersons books and was particularly caugh......more