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Carregando... Fall of a Philandererde Carola Dunn
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is off on a summer holiday by the sea with her step-daughter Belinda and Belinda's chum Deva. Her husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, who arrives days later is anticipating a relaxing, non-dramatic holiday. The local tavern keeper has been seducing the local women & tossing them aside, the Inn-keeper where daisy & family are staying is one of his many victims and her husband promptly goes into the tavern to settle up. Later, when the Fletcher's simple picnic is interrupted by the discovery of a broken body at the foot of the cliff--that of the philanderer, there is no lack of suspects. This was a fast & easy read, which I found to be not as interesting as Dunn's later offerings. I liked this one but it is not one of my favorites. I read it before recently enough that I still remembered it. That may have lessened my reactions so that nothing was surprising. But I do like to see how Daisy and Alec's family is coming along even though there is is a little less interaction between the two of them in this book than I would have liked. I read this, I am aware I did and I remember some of the details and I could have sworn I wrote a review, but it has evaporated into the electronic ether. Daisy, for a change doesn't find the body herself, it's the Inspector who finds the body when he joins Daisy for a holiday. There are many people who want the philanderer dead and not many people miss him. Fall of a Philanderer – Carola Dunn 3 stars It’s probably not a good idea to begin reading a series at its 14th book. I needed a book to listen to in the car and none of my requests had come into the library so I grabbed this from the shelf and gave it a try. It was a very pleasant, cozy mystery and I had no problem at all following the story. Bernadette Dunne gave a solid performance as the reader. As the title indicates, the story involves the murder of a cheating husband that no one will miss. Since the victim is much despised, there are many suspects. Daisy Dalrymple and her police inspector husband become involved when they discover the body on a beach while on holiday with their young daughter. There are charming characters and a very pleasant 1920’s English seaside setting to make this an easy, relaxing summer read. I now plan to get a hold of the first book Death at Wentwater Court and begin at the beginning. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Pertence à sérieDaisy Dalrymple (14)
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HTML: In the summer of 1924, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is off on a holiday by the sea with her step-daughter Belinda, Belinda's chum Deva, and Daisy's husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard. Daisy is anticipating a relaxing, nondramatic holidayâ??but Daisy doesn't have that kind of luck. It seems that a low-rent Don Juan has been busily seducing the local womenfolk, and, in a town this small, no secret is kept for long. When the Fletchers' picnic is interrupted by the discovery of a broken body at the foot of the cliff, that of the philandering local innkeeper, the unflappable Daisy Dalrymple finds herself embroiled in a mystery. Like Jacqueline Winspear's much praised novels about Maisy Dobbs, Carola Dunn vividly evokes the life and times of 1920s England wrapped in a classic mystery to delight her many fans. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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In an unusual reversal, DCI Alec is the one to find the body! Poor Alec, all he wanted was a short seaside vacation with his wife, daughter, and daughter's friend. Instead he got saddled with a murder investigation and an unpleasant local DI. Good story and Bernadette Dunne is marvelous as narrator. ( )