A whodunnit. 89yr old spinster,Janet Souter,takes pleasure in raking up old scandal and in refusing her two nephews money to bolster their businesses.She obtains some arsenic to kill the rats in her garden.She tells them about the poison and waits for them to prove themselves worth of their inheritance by trying to kill her. Several other people hear about the poison and someone suceeds in silencing her vicious tongue forever.
Reviews
'It's a dismal day that doesn't include a dose of Doris' - Press and Journal
Author description
Doris Davidson has published over ten novels. Her autobiography A Gift From the Gallowgate was published to great acclaim by Birlinn in the autumn of 2004. She lives in Aberdeen.