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Strongly plotted, with a superb setting and excellent characterizations. --Reviewing the Evidence
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The very latest cosy crime story featuring Daisy Dalrymple.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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A most enjoyable story with a plot worthy of Agatha Christie and a superb ending. I Hope There Are A Lot More Stories To Come From Carola Dunn! What A Discovery!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The author hasn't lost her affection for the characters that she has created, but seems to have run out of plots - or at least ways of wrapping them up in an interesting manner. It was only when the kindle told me that I had finished the book that I realised that the crime had been solved. What Dunn does continue to do well is create plausible (well, plausible within the context of this sort of book) reasons why Daisy should be involved in her husband's investigations. Though I'm still not sure why anyone with a country house would invite her to stay or, more to the point, why any of the other guests would remain one moment after she had walked in the door. It would be far too dangerous.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Daisy Dalrymple and her friend Lucy, a photographer, are compiling a book on follies. They are invited to stay with a Mr Pritchard who has made his fortune in plumbing and spent some of it restoring a grotto in the grounds of his country house. There are several guests at the house all of whom are interested to see the grotto - especially at night when it and a neighbouring waterfall are lit by gas lamps.
The house guests are a pretty mixed bunch with some who appear to have secrets to hide and more than one man is in love with the same woman. I particularly liked some of the characters in this episode in the life of Daisy Dalrymple especially her house - the plumber made good. I also liked Julia Beaufort, who was at school with Lucy and Daisy.
Daisy's husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard is invited to spend the weekend and finds himself reluctantly dragged into a murder investigation when one of the guests is killed. Both he and Daisy had hoped for a relaxing weekend but their hopes seem likely to be dashed.
I enjoyed the plot and the dialogue in this story and there seemed more humour in this than in some episodes in this entertaining and well written series. This book could be read as a standalone story and would be a good one to try if you were not bothered about reading the series in order. The first book in the series is Death at Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple Mystery 1)
The house guests are a pretty mixed bunch with some who appear to have secrets to hide and more than one man is in love with the same woman. I particularly liked some of the characters in this episode in the life of Daisy Dalrymple especially her house - the plumber made good. I also liked Julia Beaufort, who was at school with Lucy and Daisy.
Daisy's husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard is invited to spend the weekend and finds himself reluctantly dragged into a murder investigation when one of the guests is killed. Both he and Daisy had hoped for a relaxing weekend but their hopes seem likely to be dashed.
I enjoyed the plot and the dialogue in this story and there seemed more humour in this than in some episodes in this entertaining and well written series. This book could be read as a standalone story and would be a good one to try if you were not bothered about reading the series in order. The first book in the series is Death at Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple Mystery 1)
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Love the artwork on the covers!
Haven't read this one yet, but have bought the wholse set on the strength of the 5 or 6 I have already read and fully expect to enjoy this one as well.
Published 7 months ago by J. A. Ludlow
a disappointing daisy
a very mediocre effort from carola dunn here...endless visits to the scene of the crime in the company of the underdeveloped characters followed by the most unexciting solution to... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Vivienne
detective type
another excellent book by tthis author written inthe same vein as the black ship
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Published on 28 Jan 2010 by Mrs E. O'Reilly
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