Black Ship: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries, 17) - Softcover

Dunn, Carola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312598653 ISBN 13: 9780312598655

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2009

Synopsis

In September 1925, Scotland Yard DCI Alec Fletcher inherits a large house on the outskirts of London, from a recently deceased great-uncle. Fortunately so, as he and his wife, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, are the recent proud parents of twins and their house is practically bursting at the seams. Though in need of a bit of work, this new, larger house seems a godsend- set in a small circle of houses, with a communal garden and Hamstead Heath nearby, the setting is idyllic.

Idyllic, that is until a dead body shows up half-hidden under the bushes of the communal garden. Now rumors of bootleggers, American gangsters, and an international liquor smuggling operation via black ships have turned everything in their new neighborhood upside down. Alec is assigned by Scotland Yard to ferret out the truth behind the dastardly dead - but it's up to Daisy to find out who the dead man is, what his relationship to her new neighbors is, why he was murdered and who did him in!

About this title

About the Author:

Carola Dunn is the author of the Daisy Dalrymple mysteries as well as numerous historical novels. Born and raised in England, she lives in Eugene, Oregon.

From Booklist:

This is the seventeenth entry in Dunn’s charming series featuring the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple and her detective husband, Alec Fletcher. It’s 1925, less than four years after Daisy’s first adventure (Death at Wentwater Court, 1994) took place, so it’s no surprise why she is infamous at Scotland Yard as the detective’s wife who keeps falling over bodies. Technically, Daisy doesn’t stumble over this body, but her dog and parlor maid do in a small communal garden near their new home. As they get to know their new neighbors, they find that they really like the Jessups (who are in the business of selling spirits) and really dislike the Bennetts (who are in the business of gossip). The hapless Mr. Lambert from their American adventure (The Murdered Muckraker, 2002), now employed by the U.S. Treasury Department, returns in this novel, on the track of contraband booze, even though bootlegging is not illegal in England. (Black Ship refers to a rum-running vessel.) As usual, Daisy helps solve the case because people “do like to tell me things, you know.” --Judy Coon

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0312598653
• ISBN 13: 9780312598655
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304