Read Series: Daisy Dalrymple
by Author Carola Dunn
Death at Wentwater Court (2006)
2 Jan 1923 p 10. Honorable Daisy Dalrymple 25 p 10 "sparkle in her blue eyes" p 177 prefers to work for prestigious Town and Country magazine after her father dies. "A sad loss to the House of Lords. That wretched influenza decimated our ranks" p 23. Her aristocratic position allows her to be ass...
Rattle His Bones (2003)
It's the 1920s, and the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple works for her living in London, writing magazine articles while she anticipates her marriage to Scotland Yard inspector Alec Fletcher. This time, she's writing about the Museum of Natural History, and of course, someone gets murdered and a signif...
Damsel in Distress (2002)
Phillip Petrie, the amiable younger son of a lord who has set his sights on becoming a common auto mechanic, never expects to fall for the daughter of a visiting American millionaire. No more does he expect her to be kidnapped, and himself with her. They don't want him, though, and he finds himse...
The Winter Garden Mystery (2001)
3-3.5 starsThe 2nd Daisy Dalrymple has Daisy off to Occles House, where a sporty schoolchum, Bobbie (Roberta) lives with her brother Sebastian, her horror of a mother Lady Valeria, and her dairy-occupied father. Lady Valeria runs the small village, Occleswich, like an iron-maiden. And she coddles...
Styx and Stones (2006)
Daisy Dalrymple, accompanied by fiancé Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher, is asked by her brother-in-law to discreetly investigate poison pen letters for local villagers. When the pompous unbearable brother of the local vicar is killed by a stone dropped on his head, gossip has escalated to murder.
To Davy Jones Below (2003)
Daisy Dalrymple and DCI Alec Fletcher honeymoon on an ocean voyage to 1923 America, joined by her friend Phillip Petrie, his wife Gloria, her rich father Caleb Arbuckle, Arbuckle's new friend Yorkshire millionaire Jethro Gotobed, and Gotobed's new wife, showgirl Wanda. Beset by suspicious acciden...
A Mourning Wedding (2005)
Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and husband Alec attend the wedding of her childhood friend Lucy Fotheringay. But Lucy's gossip-mongering great-aunt is strangled and Alec cannot revive her uncle in the conservatory. Someone prefers funerals to weddings and must be stopped.
Requiem for a Mezzo (2001)
Daisy Dalrymple and Scotland Yard inspector Alec Fletcher enjoy a splendid performance of Verdi's Requiem, featuring her neighbor's sister Bettina, until the poisoned singer suddenly breathes her last. The diva was difficult and provoked many enemies - a philandering tenor, a burly Russian bass, ...
Gunpowder Plot (2006)
In the winter of 1924, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and husband Alec, Scotland Yard DCI, celebrate Guy Fawkes with a country friend. On the evening before, the overly-demanding Viscount apparently shot himself in his study, after a married woman guest visiting England from Australia.
Fall of a Philanderer (2006)
In the summer of 1924, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher takes a seaside holiday with her new husband DCI Alec, his daughter Belinda, and Belinda's chum Deva. The local innkeeper is a philanderer, and his broken body is found at the foot of a cliff. Another case of murder for the sleuthing ...
The Bloody Tower (2007)
In April of 1925, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, now mother to two-year-old twins, has decided to resume her journalistic career, and for her first piece she's agreed to write about the Tower of London. - the royal fortress and compound of buildings that includes the infamous Bloody Tow...
Murder on the Flying Scotsman (2001)
The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple heads on the Flying Scotsman train to Edinburgh for her next 1923 magazine article. Schoolfellow, Anne Breton and her relatives also rush to the deathbed of family scion, miserly Alistair McGowan. His heir, brother Albert, is found murdered aboard. Plus, Belinda, da...
The Case of the Murdered Muckraker (2003)
Daisy Dalrymple and DCI Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard honeymoon in 1923 America, and work in a bit of business. After Daisy meets her magazine editor Mr Thorwald, she hears a gunshot and sees a man plummet down an elevator shaft. Journalist Otis Carmody had many enemies. Daisy crosses the countr...
Mistletoe and Murder (2004)
Daisy Dalrymple, now wed to DCI Alec Fletcher, spends 1923 Christmas at Cornwall with distant relatives the Nevilles. Missionary Mr Calloway disapproves of the celebration and the family, and dies Xmas Eve at an isolated chapel. The elder daughter wanders the grounds nightly, the younger has fits...
Sheer Folly A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery (2000)
Or two and a half stars. I didn't mind the long lead time into the murder, I was enjoying the characters, but I did think the end was rushed and a bit confused, with one character apparently revealled as the murderer but Daisy possibly being called to testify at a different character's trial - o...
Black Ship A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery (2000)
It is 1925 and Daisy's husband inherits a house from his great uncle. They discover that their new neighbors are wine merchants. One rainy morning the maid finds a body hidden in the bushes. Who is the stranger? How are the neighbors involved? Why did the son take the train to the north? Ho...