Tina Rossi, the world's leading coloratura soprano, has travelled to Edinburgh, ostensibly to sing in the Festival, in reality to meet her lover, top scientist Kenneth Holmes. But instead of finding Kenneth at their rendezvous, she discovers an unknown corpse.

Enter Johnson Johnson, a famous but enigmatic portrait painter whose yacht Dolly is about to sail in a race to the Hebrides where Holmes was conducting his top-secret research.

Soon Tina and Johnson are sailing the high seas to investigate Holmes' disappearance, but as Dolly nears Rum, the race has become one for life rather than prize money...

Tina is at the Edinburgh International Festival investigating the disappearance of her lover - the second book in a classic suspense mystery series, with an ending always sure to surprise!

About the Author

Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001) is the celebrated author of the Dolly books (aka the Johnson Johnson series). She was a trustee of the National Library of Scotland, and a board member of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. In 1992 she was awarded an OBE for her services to literature.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE DOLLY MYSTERY SERIES

'The Dolly novels are... delicious, funny, ingenious, glamorous, clever' Listener

'Dunnett tempts her fans with buried clues and red herrings that keep them reading and rereading the books' New York Times

'[Dunnett's] women are among her strongest characters' Guardian

Book Information
ISBN 9781788424110
Author Dorothy Dunnett
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Farrago
Publisher Duckworth Books