As it always will, it started with a murder. This time round the scene of the crime was that pillar of Scottish establishments; Hamilton & Inches of George St, Edinburgh. The victim was none other than the playboy of the high and the lowlands; Mr Hugh McHeffer. He was already dead when we got there, a Stephen Webster designed Sgian Dubh (that knife men in kilts wear down their sock) protruding from his throat. Early indications were that this was a Scottish crime. This was a good thing as the bevy of beauties from whom we would eventually identify the murderer were all local.

The crowd of over 100 guests really entered into the spirit of the evening especially after our new character “The Hack” announced that SW  were offering a reward of a SW diamond bracelet from our new Murder She Wrote collection for the person who could correctly identify the killer.

After the crowd had enjoyed several sherries and murderous themed hors d’oeuvres, I performed my Poirot routine, revealing the many red herrings and finally the murderess. This time round it was Miss Raven, the chauffeur AKA the fairly innocent Debbie of Hamilton & Inches.

The new collection went down well with lots of the clients securing their next pieces. It was actually amazing how many clients we have acquired over the twelve years that we have had a presence in the magnificent H&I.  After the crowd had dispersed it was back to Steve and Alison’s with the complete cast for some good old fashioned Scottish cuisine which rather disappointingly didn’t include the classic fried Mars bar or haggis but it was warm enough to enjoy a couple of wee drams in Steve’s bothy.