Gone West (Daisy Dalrymple, #20)
Gone West Daisy's hot on the trail of a murdered writer. It's September 1926, and Daisy's in Derbyshire, visiting an old school friend who's currently employed by a novelist as his personal secretary. Sylvia Richmond has asked Daisy to investigate discreetly as she suspects something is seriously...
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Gone West Daisy's hot on the trail of a murdered writer. It's September 1926, and Daisy's in Derbyshire, visiting an old school friend who's currently employed by a novelist as his personal secretary. Sylvia Richmond has asked Daisy to investigate discreetly as she suspects something is seriously amiss with him. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781780331393 (1780331398)
Publish date: February 1st 2012
Publisher: Robinson
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Series: Daisy Dalrymple 1 (#20)
Sadly this book was just very meh. It took over one hundred pages (about a third of the book) till the murder happened which is just too long. I appreciate some setup but not at that lengths. Additionally I just didn't care for the characters that much. Usually Dunn is really good at introducing a s...
A solid mystery. The plot is interesting and well-constructed, the tension hikes the way it should, and the heroine is her charming self. But I think the series is finally winding down. Daisy, so fresh and original in the earlier books, has matured, becoming a nice but ordinary English lady, and it’...
I love this series and Gone West is no exception. Ms. Dunn always writes excellent characters; Daisy and Alex both feel like old friends and each mysteries' 'suspects' are always very three-dimensional. The plot was interesting and I enjoyed the ending very much in spite of guessing the bad guy. ...
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