The Burry Man's Day Author:Catriona McPherson Supernatural forces at play, or simply good old-fashioned murder? — August 1923, and as the village of Queensferry prepaes for the annual Ferry Fair and the walk of the Burry Man, feelings are running high. Between his pagan greenery, his lucky pennies and the nips of whiskey to which he is treated wherever he goes, the Burry Man has something t... more »o offend everyone, whether minister, priest, or temperance pamphleteer. And then at the Fair, in full view of everyone-including Dandy Gilver, present at the festivites to hand out prizes-he drops down dead.
It looks as though the Burry Man has been poisoned-but, if so, then the list of suspects must include anyone in the town with a bottle of whiskey in the house. And here in Queensferry, that means just about everyone.« less