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Styx And Stones (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780758213952
ISBN: 0758213956
Label: Kensington
Manufacturer: Kensington
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: June 01, 2006
Publisher: Kensington
Studio: Kensington
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Editorial Review:
In the 1920's, in post-WWI England, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple, newly married to Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher, is asked by her brother-in-law to discreetly investigate a series of poisoned pen letters that many of the local villagers have been receiving. When the pompous and unbearable brother of the local vicar is killed by a very large rock dropped on his head from a great height, it seems clear to all that this campaign of gossip has escalated to murder. With the help of her husband, who'd rather she not get involved in murder, Daisy undertakes to uncover the identity of the viper in the local nest is and who that person has driven to murder before the murderer strikes a second time.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Poorest of the series
I've really enjoyed the Daisy Dalrymple series, but this one was truly terrible. It was as if someone else had written the second half. It all starts promising enough, I was enjoying it very much, until about two-thirds of the way into it. Then, everything fell apart. Interesting characters were never more to be seen, the unmasking of the murderer was completely anticlimatic. It felt like the author suddenly stopped midway through the book and quickly decided to pick a murderer at random. Really ... Read More
Rating:  - Daisy helps out her Brother in Law
Daisy's brother in law Johnny has a major problem. Some years ago, when he was recovering from an horrific injury incurred in WW I, he had a one night affair with a local woman. He is now getting poison pen letters and fears that his wife Violet will find out. Apparently he isn't the only victim, and when the local vicar's brother is killed by a falling statue, all of them are suspects.
As usual, this is a really entertaining mystery. Daisy and Alec solve the mystery with a few twists and turns ... Read More
Rating: - I really enjoyed this book.
I have enjoyed this series ever since I read the first book, "Death at Wentwater Court". I really think that Ms. Dunn has the Dorothy Say- ers, Marjorie Allingham, Agatha Christie thing down pat. She gets my vote as the bst choice for being heir to the abovesaid Ladies.
Rating: - Enjoyable historical mystery
In 1923 London, a desperate Lord John Frobisher visits his sister-in-law Daisy Dalrymple to ask for her help. Someone has sent John an ugly unsigned letter filled with profanity, that accuses the aristocrat of having an affair with a widow, Mrs. LeBeau. John acknowledges that he in deed did have a dalliance with the woman, but that it ended. John wants Daisy, who has had success with solving mysteries, to come to his hometown of Kent to uncover the identity of the perpetrator. Even knowing that ... Read More
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