Carola Dunn
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Mistletoe and Murder
Type of edition: Paperback
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A Daisy Dalrymple mystery set in England in the 1920s. Daisy and her family spend Christmas at an isolated manor house in Cornwall, complete with tales of ghosts, secret passages, and hidden treasure. The family in residence has a skeleton in the closet that starts rattling its bones when an aged missionary turns up. Then the clergyman is found murdered in the family chapel. While Alec seeks a killer, Daisy is hot on the trail of the mysterious secret that led to murder.
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A Mourning Wedding
Type of edition: Hardback
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A Daisy Dalrymple mystery set in England in the 1920s. Daisy is invited to her friend Lucy's wedding, at Lucy's grandfather's magnificent country mansion. Someone starts bumping off Lucy's relatives one by one. Both bride and groom are suspects. Daisy and her husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, must find the killer before he—or she—strikes again.
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Die Laughing
Type of edition: Hardback
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A Daisy Dalrymple mystery set in England in the 1920s. Daisy has to face the one person who terrifies her—her dentist. But when she arrives for her appointment, she finds him dead in his own chair. Grinning. His nurse/receptionist is sure it's an accident; his wife suspects suicide; it's up to Daisy to point out to the police the signs proving he was murdered. Her husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, takes over the case. As usual, he tells Daisy not to meddle. As usual, her meddling provides the trail that leads to the murderer.
 | Dead in the Water Type of Edition: Paperback |
The 6th Daisy Dalrymple mystery, now in paperback. Daisy goes to Henley-on-Thames to stay with her aunt and write about the Royal Regatta. A college crew staying at her aunt's house proves rife with dissension, ending in a death in the middle of a race. Daisy and Alec's quiet weekend in the country becomes a search for a murderer who is ready to kill again.
 | Damsel in Distress Type of Edition: Paperback |
This is the paperback edition of the fifth Daisy Dalrymple mystery, set in England in 1923. Daisy's childhood friend, Phillip Petrie, is in love. When his sweetheart, the daughter of an American millionaire, is kidnapped, Phillip turns to Daisy to come to the rescue.
 | The Case of the Murdered Muckraker Type of Edition: Hardback |
The tenth Daisy Dalrymple mystery, set in 1923. In To Davy Jones Below, Daisy crossed the Atlantic. Now in New York, she finds herself once again on the scene of the crime when a political journalist comes a cropper, fatally.
 | Murder on the Flying Scotsman Type of Edition: Paperback |
This is the paperback edition of the fourth Daisy Dalrymple mystery, set in England in 1923. Daisy is travelling by train to Edinburgh. An old schoolfriend is aboard, with all her family, on their way to a relative's deathbed. Squabbles over the expected inheritance end in the murder of one of the family, discovered by Daisy.
 | Requiem for a Mezzo Type of Edition: PB |
London 1923: Daisy Dalrymple and Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher attend a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, only to see the mezzo-soprano, Daisy's neighbour, drop dead on stage in the middle of Verdi's Requiem. They soon find that a great many people have motives for poisoning the poisonous Bettina Westlea, from her downtrodden sister to her fellow-performers. When a second attempted murder and intervention by Scotland Yard's Special Branch complicate the investigation, Alec needs Daisy's help to bring the murderer to book.
 | To Davy Jones Below Type of Edition: Hardcover |
The ninth Daisy Dalrymple mystery, set in 1920s England (at least to begin with). Daisy and Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, newly married, set sail for America. When people start falling overboard, the captain asks Alec to investigate. But stormy weather confines him to his bunk, and Daisy, smugly unseasick, takes over the job. Accidents or murders? One murderer or two? In the confines of an ocean liner, the safety of all aboard may depend on how soon she finds the answers.
 | The Winter Garden Mystery Type of edition: Paperback Reprint |
The second in the Daisy Dalrymple series, set in England in 1923. Daisy goes to Cheshire to write an article about a manorhouse, the home of a schoolfriend. She finds a troubled family, which can only become more troubled when a missing parlourmaid is discovered buried in the winter garden. The local police arrest her boyfriend, the gardener. Daisy, convinced he is innocent, persuades Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard to investigate. But the real villain isn't going to give up without a fight. It's just a question of who's going to be the next victim...
 | Styx and Stones |
England 1923: Daisy's brother-in-law asks her to find out who is writing him Poison Pen letters, threatening his marriage. She's happy to leave the sultry city, but when hidden passions in the little Kent village lead to murder in the churchyard, Daisy and John are suspects. Her fiance, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, rushes to the rescue. Not that Daisy needs rescuing — or does she?
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