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Daisy Dalrymple Series

23 primary works • 31 total works
Set in 1920s England, a nation barely starting to recover from World War I and now undergoing rapid social changes, Carola Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries follow the investigations of a charming, vivacious, and perspicacious writer whose sleuthing skills help Scotland Yard's Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher brings murderers to justice.

"Dunn's fo…

Book 1

Death at Wentwater Court
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3.70 · 11916 Ratings · 1161 Reviews · published 1994 · 30 editions
This first installment of a cozy mystery series tr…

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    Book 2

    The Winter Garden Mystery
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    3.77     · 7161 Ratings · 577 Reviews · published 1995 · 33 editions
    England 1923. Plucky Daisy Dalrymple takes another…

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    Book 3

    Requiem for a Mezzo
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    3.69     · 5482 Ratings · 401 Reviews · published 1996 · 34 editions
    In March 1923, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple take…

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    Book 4

    Murder on the Flying Scotsman
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    3.84     · 5382 Ratings · 415 Reviews · published 1996 · 29 editions
    A family feud over a dying relative’s inheritance …

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    Book 5

    Damsel in Distress
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    3.76     · 4463 Ratings · 314 Reviews · published 1997 · 28 editions
    Daisy Dalrymple, magazine writer and heiress, help…

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    Book 6

    Dead in the Water
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    3.68     · 4156 Ratings · 269 Reviews · published 1998 · 26 editions
    Daisy Dalrymple visits relatives with fiancé DCI A…

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    Book 7

    Styx and Stones
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    3.70     · 3703 Ratings · 240 Reviews · published 1999 · 33 editions
    In the 1920's, in post-WWI England, the Honourable…

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    Book 8

    Rattle His Bones
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    3.69     · 3481 Ratings · 226 Reviews · published 2000 · 23 editions
    In the summer of 1923, the Honourable Daisy Dalrym…

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    Book 9

    To Davy Jones Below
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    3.78     · 3472 Ratings · 240 Reviews · published 2001 · 26 editions
    In late 1923 the newly married Daisy Dalrymple and…

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    Book 10

    The Case of the Murdered Muckraker
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    3.50     · 3027 Ratings · 261 Reviews · published 2002 · 25 editions
    In late 1923, the newly married Daisy Dalrymple an…

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    Book 11

    Mistletoe and Murder
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    3.77     · 3669 Ratings · 257 Reviews · published 2002 · 24 editions
    Daisy Dalrymple, now wed to DCI Alec Fletcher, spe…

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    Book 12

    Die Laughing
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    3.82     · 2902 Ratings · 161 Reviews · published 2003 · 20 editions
    One morning in April 1924, The Honourable Daisy Da…

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    Book 13

    A Mourning Wedding
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    3.81     · 2854 Ratings · 174 Reviews · published 2004 · 18 editions
    The inimitable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her hu…

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    Book 14

    Fall of a Philanderer
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    3.79     · 2840 Ratings · 162 Reviews · published 2005 · 20 editions
    In the summer of 1924, the Honourable Daisy Dalrym…

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    Book 15

    Gunpowder Plot
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    3.85     · 3000 Ratings · 191 Reviews · published 2006 · 20 editions
    In the winter of 1924, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher an…

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    Book 16

    The Bloody Tower
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    3.75     · 2820 Ratings · 150 Reviews · published 2007 · 14 editions
    In April of 1925, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple F…

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    Book 17

    Black Ship
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    3.77     · 2946 Ratings · 186 Reviews · published 2008 · 15 editions
    In September 1925, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and fa…

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    Book 18

    Sheer Folly
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    3.78     · 2530 Ratings · 145 Reviews · published 2009 · 15 editions
    In March of 1926, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her…

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    Book 19

    Anthem for Doomed Youth
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    3.83     · 2485 Ratings · 175 Reviews · published 2011 · 17 editions
    In the Spring of 1926, three unidentified men are …

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    Book 20

    Gone West
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    3.71     · 2359 Ratings · 171 Reviews · published 2012 · 15 editions
    In September 1926, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher visits…

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    Book 21

    Heirs of the Body
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    3.88     · 2190 Ratings · 174 Reviews · published 2013 · 15 editions
    The Daisy Dalrymple series continues in Heirs of t…

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    Book 22

    Superfluous Women
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    3.93     · 2392 Ratings · 228 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions
    In England in the late 1920s, The Honourable Daisy…

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    Book 23

    The Corpse at the Crystal Palace
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    3.82     · 1984 Ratings · 222 Reviews · published 2019 · 14 editions
    A casual outing to the Crystal Palace in London ta…

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    Book 1-2

    Miss Daisy und der Tote auf dem Eis / Miss Daisy und der Tod im Wintergarten
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    3.33     · 3 Ratings · 1 edition
    Miss Daisy und der Tote auf dem Eis:
    England in den…

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    Book 1-3

    The Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries: Books 1-3
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    4.20     · 25 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition
    More than twenty years ago, Carola Dunn introduced…

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    Book 1-4

    Daisy Dalrymple Omnibus
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    4.21     · 180 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
    DEATH AT WENTWATER COURT: No stranger to sprawling…

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    Book 1-20

    The Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries: Books 1-20
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    4.46     · 13 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 1 edition
    With the first twenty titles in the series togethe…

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    Book 3-4

    Miss Daisy und die tote Sopranistin / Miss Daisy und der Mord im Flying Scotsman
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 edition
    Miss Daisy und die tote Sopranistin:
    Mord im Konzer…

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    Book 9-10

    Daisy Dalrymple Collection: 12 books
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    4.67     · 6 Ratings · 1 edition
    The Daisy Dalrymple Collection features twelve mys…

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    Unhappy Medium
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    3.51     · 53 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2009 · 2 editions

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    Storm in a Tea Shoppe
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    3.67     · 49 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2009 · 1 edition

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