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Rita, a small, tough Scottish make-up artist, is on Madeira investigating who killed Kim-Jim, an American make-up supremo. Also anchored off the island is Dolly, the yacht of Johnson Johnson with whom Rita teams up to get to the bottom of this foul deed.

Rita’s fighting spirits are aroused despite the danger. She is not one for quitting, even when she learns she is caught up in an international drug-smuggling ring.

But she also discovers that dealing with the maddeningly enigmatic Johnson Johnson is, by no stretch of the imagination, plain sailing.



Trade Review
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

Tropical Issue

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A Paperback / softback by Dorothy Dunnett

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    Publisher: Duckworth Books
    Publication Date: 13/04/2023
    ISBN13: 9781788424097, 978-1788424097
    ISBN10: 1788424093
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    Satire & Humour

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Rita, a small, tough Scottish make-up artist, is on Madeira investigating who killed Kim-Jim, an American make-up supremo. Also anchored off the island is Dolly, the yacht of Johnson Johnson with whom Rita teams up to get to the bottom of this foul deed.

    Rita’s fighting spirits are aroused despite the danger. She is not one for quitting, even when she learns she is caught up in an international drug-smuggling ring.

    But she also discovers that dealing with the maddeningly enigmatic Johnson Johnson is, by no stretch of the imagination, plain sailing.



    Trade Review
    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

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