The latest outing for Daisy Dalrymple takes her to the Crystal Palace and the case of the vanishing nannies . . .
Carola Dunn Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
1. Januar 1946
Carola Dunn verfasst fesselnde Regency-Romane und historische Kriminalromane, die den Leser in die englische Vergangenheit entführen. Ihre Werke zeichnen sich durch akribische historische Details und ein scharfes Gespür für menschliche Beziehungen in bestimmten Epochen aus. Dunn versteht es meisterhaft, immersive Erzählungen zu schaffen, die die Essenz vergangener Zeiten einfangen und gesellschaftliche Nuancen sowie persönliche Dramen mit eleganter Prosa erforschen. Ihre unverwechselbare Stimme und ihr fesselnder Erzählstil machen sie zu einer beliebten Autorin für Liebhaber historischer Schauplätze und gut ausgearbeiteter Charaktere.
From the author of the wildly successful Daisy Dalrymple series, a new series set in Cornwall in the 1960s featuring Eleanor Trewynn, a retired charity worker and her niece who just happens to be a local police officer.
Superfluous Women
- 305 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
A pleasant lunch in the country with old friends takes an unexpected turn when a corpse is discovered at the feast.
"In the late 1920's in England, The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is recruited to help her cousin Edgar--i.e. the Lord Dalrymple. About to turn fifty, Lord Dalrymple decides it is time to find out who would be the heir to the viscountcy. With the help of the family lawyer, who advertises Empire-wide, they have come up with four potential claimants. For his fiftieth birthday, Edgar invites those would-be heirs--along with Daisy and the rest of the family--to Fairacres, the family estate. In the meantime, Daisy is asked to be the family's representative at the lawyer's interviews with the claimants. Those four are a hotelier from Scarborough, a diamond merchant from South Africa, a young mixed-raced boy from Trinidad, and a sailor from Jamaica. However, according to his very pregnant wife, the sailor has gone missing. Daisy and Alec must uncover a conspiracy if they are going to stop the killing in the latest from the accomplished master of the genre, Carola Dunn"--
A Colourful Death
- 337 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
The second in a charming cosy crime series set in 1960's Cornwall featuring amateur sleuth and charity shop worker, Eleanor Trewynn and her westie Teazle. From the author of the bestselling Daisy Darlymple series.
The first in a charming cosy crime series set in 1960's Cornwall featuring amateur sleuth and charity shop worker, Eleanor Trewynn and her westie Teazle. From the author of the bestselling Daisy Darlymple series.
The third in a charming cosy crime series set in 1960's Cornwall featuring amateur sleuth and charity shop worker, Eleanor Trewynn and her westie Teazle. From the author of the bestselling Daisy Darlymple series.
Anthem for Doomed Youth
- 327 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
Alec Fletcher's plans to attend his daughter Belinda.s school sports day are thwarted by the discovery of three bodies buried in Epping forest. Sent to investigate, he and his team are hindered from the start by uncooperative Essex policeman, DI Gant, who resents Scotland Yard encroaching on his patch
The 12th novel in the charming Daisy Dalrymple series of 1920's country house murder mysteries.
Miss Daisy und der Mord unter dem Mistelzweig
Kriminalroman
Toodle-oo, Miss Daisy! Daisy Dalrymple verbringt die Weihnachtstage mit ihrer Familie bei Verwandten – samt nörgelnder Mutter und Ehemann Alec Fletcher von Scotland Yard. Um das prächtige Anwesen in Cornwall ranken sich alte Geistergeschichten, und draußen zieht ein Wintersturm auf. Die Atmosphäre im eingeschneiten Gutshaus ist angespannt, denn schon bald kommen gut gehütete Familiengeheimnisse zum Vorschein. Und eines Morgens liegt im Schnee eine Leiche. Ein atmosphärischer Kriminalfall für alle Fans von »Downton Abbey«
