Dandy Gilver
Dandy Gilver is the protagonist of a historical mystery series by Catriona McPherson. The stories are set in Scotland in an era beginning shortly after World War I and extending (to date) into the early 1930s. Dandy (short for Dandelion) is an upper-class Englishwoman whose career as a private detective fills the void in her comfortable but unfulfilled life within a world of landownership and child-rearing for which she is temperamentally unsuited and a marriage that is short on emotional and sexual warmth. The novels feature dry humor and colorful characters in the cozy mystery tradition , along with a quantity of historical detail. Dandy is a first-person narrator. She is joined in her detecting activities by her friend Alec Osborne. Books in the series have received the Agatha and other awards. Characters. The recurring characters age at a realistic rate as the series advances through time.