Author: Carola Dunn Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction, Fiction, Cozy Mystery
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ISBNs: 9781250047045 1250047048 |
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In England in the late 1920s, The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, on a convalescent trip to the countryside, goes to visit three old school friends in the area. The three, all unmarried, have recently bought a house together. They are a part of the generation of "superfluous women"--brought up expecting marriage and a family, but left without any prospects after more than 700,000 British men were killed in the Great War.
Daisy and her husband Alec--Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher, of Scotland Yard --go for a Sunday lunch with Daisy's friends, where one of the women mentions a wine cellar below their house, which remains curiously locked, no key to be found. Alec offers to pick the lock, but when he opens the door, what greets them is not a cache of wine, but the stench of a long-dead body.
And with that, what was a pleasant Sunday lunch has taken an unexpected turn. Now Daisy's three friends are the most obvious suspects in a murder and her husband Alec is a witness, so he can't officially take over the investigation. So before the local detective, Superintendent Crane, can officially bring charges against her friends, Daisy is determined to use all her resources (Alec) and skills to solve the mystery behind this perplexing locked-room crime.
This book is part of the "Daisy Dalrymple" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Heirs of the Body" First published in 2013 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Sheer Folly" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Gunpowder Plot" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Mourning Wedding" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Die Laughing" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Mistletoe and Murder" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "To Davy Jones Below" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Rattle His Bones" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Styx and Stones" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dead in the Water" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Damsel in Distress" First published in 1997 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Requiem for a Mezzo" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Gone West" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Black Ship" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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