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Mistletoe and Murder (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries, No. 11)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780758204899
Edition: Rei Rep
ISBN: 0758204892
Label: Kensington
Manufacturer: Kensington
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: October 01, 2004
Publisher: Kensington
Studio: Kensington
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Editorial Review:
In December 1923, the formidable Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple has decided that for Christmas the family will all gather at Brockdene in Cornwall at the invitation of Lord Westmoor. Her daughter - Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher - is something less than pleased but yields to the demands of her mother, especially as she'll be there just before the holidays working on another article for Town and Country about the estate itself. But the family gathering quickly goes awry. Brockdene, it seems, is only occupied by the Norvilles - poor relations of Lord Westmoor - and Westmoor himself won't be joining them. So Daisy, her husband Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, and their family must spend their Christmas holiday trapped in an ancestral estate with a rich history of lore, ghost stories, rumors of hidden treasure and secret passageways with a family seething with resentments, grudges and a faintly scandalous history.The veneer of civility that pervades the halls of Brockdene, however, begins to wear thin when long-held family secrets threaten to bubble over, and one of the Christmas guests if found savagely murdered. With few clues as to who committed the murder and with too many motives as to why, it is once again up to Daisy to sort out the truth that lies beneath a generation of poisonous secrets.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Spending Christmas with a killer
When Lady Dalrymple learns that her daughter Daisy is writing an article about Lord Westmoor's Brockdene estate, she coerces his Lordship into inviting her entire family to spend Christmas at his historic home. Unbeknownst to her, Lord Westmoor does not reside at Brockdene. Instead Westmoor's poor relations, the Norvilles, are allowed to stay there--providing they keep out of the way of the servants who have been entrusted with the care and maintenance of the house. The uncomfortable social situation ... Read More
Rating:  - Christmas at Westmoor turns deadly
This book is set in London in 1923. Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and family are to gather for Christmas at Brockdene, Lord Westmoor's estate in Cornwell, with her mother Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple. Daisy arrives ahead to get some information for an article she is writing on Brockdene.
Once Daisy arrives, she finds that not only will Lord Westmoor not be joining them, they will be joined by The Norvilles, some poor relations who live there. She is sure her mother was not made aware of this ... Read More
Rating: - delightful who-Dunn-it
In 1923, a finally married Daisy Fletcher (nee Dalrymple) accedes to her pushy mother's demands that the family spend Christmas at Brockdene, a Cornish estate owned by Lord Westmoor because she is writing an article on the holdings. Accompanying the Dalrymple females for the holidays is Daisy's husband, Scotland Yard Inspector Alec. At Brockdene, they find the Earl does not live there, but the poor side of the extended family, three generations of Norvilles do.
Daisy realizes that the manor contains ... Read More
Rating: - and excellent "cozy" read -- just the thing to curl up with
A semi-deserted family estate in the middle of a region rich in smuggler lore, that also boasts of having it's own fair share of ghosts and secret passages, stories of missing treasure, and that is currently home to a family of poor relations -- these are just some of the ingredients that Carola Dunn has used to whip up the latest Daisy Dalrymple murder mystery. Does she deliver? I thought so. "Mistletoe and Murder" turned out to be a rather charming and entertaining read. And while the mystery plot did take ... Read More
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