When Sarah Cassells, a young British woman who has just completed her training as a chef, hears of her father’s violent death on Ibiza, she refuses to believe it is suicide. She heads to Ibiza to investigate and soon gets caught up with an art dealer; two beautiful jet-setters; a remarkable American woman who is not what she seems – and with Johnson Johnson, the mysterious portrait painter who shows up on his yacht, Dolly.

As Ibiza prepares to celebrate Holy Week with the traditional processions, events become more and more macabre…

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

Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001) was an internationally acclaimed author of historical fiction and crime writing, including her celebrated 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.