Carola Dunn
Autor(a) de Death at Wentwater Court
About the Author
Carola Dunn was born in England on November 14, 1946. She received a B.A. in Russian and French from Manchester University and took a secretarial course for graduates at Oxford Tech. She traveled to numerous places around the world including Samoa and Fiji before getting married and settling in mostrar mais California. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she worked in child-care, market research, construction, and wrote definitions for a science and technology dictionary. Her first book, Toblethorpe Manor, was published in 1979. Since then, she has written over 50 books including more than 30 Regency romances and the Daisy Dalrymple mystery series. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Carola Dunn
The Unhappy Medium 5 cópias
Gabrielle's Gamble 1 exemplar(es)
Rattle the Bones 1 exemplar(es)
Fall or Philanderer 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Contribuinte — 45 cópias
Malice Domestic 7: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1998) — Contribuinte — 44 cópias
A Christmas Courtship (The Christmas Party / Under the Mistletoe / The Christmas Beau) (1996) 24 cópias
Requiem for a Mezzo | Whatever Happened to Jennifer Steele? | The William Powell and Mynra Loy Murder Case (1997) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Nash, Petra
- Data de nascimento
- 1946-11-14
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Fiji
Eugene, Oregon, USA - Educação
- University of Manchester (BA - Russian and French)
- Ocupação
- writer
- Agente
- Alice Volpe (Northwest Literary Agency)
Membros
Resenhas
The Case of the Murdered Muckraker (Daisy Dalrymple… de Carola Dunn
I didn't like this book as much as the earlier books in the series. Daisy is in New York and the bits contrasting American and British English was fun. However, the whole train chase and cross-country airplane chase was a bit too much! But still a fun read.
Daisy Dalrymple is heading to Wentwater Court. She will stay there while writing about the estate for Town and Country magazine. She doesn’t expect to walk into a death. At first glance, it appears to be an accident, but several things don’t seem right. This leads to an investigation. Upon further investigation, it turns out to be much more serious.
The murder mystery failed to gain traction as it relied on confession, not investigation, to reveal the solution. It was also disappointing that the author let everyone off so easily in the end. Or maybe I just prefer murder mysteries that are darker.
It would have been nice if some characters were less clichéd cutouts and added more to the story.
While the author's use of aristocratic slang can be ridiculous, it shows she did her research. Although I enjoyed this book, I'm unsure if I'll read the rest of the series..
Conclusion: This may suit cosy mystery readers, but I find it lacking in inspiration.… (mais)
The murder mystery failed to gain traction as it relied on confession, not investigation, to reveal the solution. It was also disappointing that the author let everyone off so easily in the end. Or maybe I just prefer murder mysteries that are darker.
It would have been nice if some characters were less clichéd cutouts and added more to the story.
While the author's use of aristocratic slang can be ridiculous, it shows she did her research. Although I enjoyed this book, I'm unsure if I'll read the rest of the series..
Conclusion: This may suit cosy mystery readers, but I find it lacking in inspiration.… (mais)
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Best Beach Reads (1)
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Books Read in 2015 (13)
British Mystery (13)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 77
- Also by
- 7
- Membros
- 8,927
- Popularidade
- #2,693
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 341
- ISBNs
- 623
- Idiomas
- 4
- Favorito
- 19