Murder on the Flying Scotsman
It is the spring of 1923 and the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple is on her way to a stately home in Scotland to research her next article for Town and Country. On board the Flying Scotsman, the famous London-to-Edinburgh train, Daisy meets an old schoolfellow, Anne Breton. Anne, along with all of...
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It is the spring of 1923 and the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple is on her way to a stately home in Scotland to research her next article for Town and Country. On board the Flying Scotsman, the famous London-to-Edinburgh train, Daisy meets an old schoolfellow, Anne Breton. Anne, along with all of her relatives, is en route to visit the deathbed of the family scion and notorious miser, Alistair McGowan. As it currently stands, Alistair's will leaves the entire family fortune to his brother Albert, and the rest of the family is rushing to his side, each hoping to convince him to change his will in their favor.Daisy, meanwhile, has her hands full taking care of Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher's young daughter Belinda, who ran away from home and stowed away aboard the train. She barely has time to take notice of the intricate family feud taking place all around her--that is, until Albert McGowan is found murdered on the train and Daisy is surrounded by an entire family of suspects.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312151751 (0312151756)
Publish date: 01-01-1997
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Series: Daisy Dalrymple (#4)
Locked room mystery set on a Train, the solution came across as a bit rushed.I like Daisy and the interaction between her and Alex are great, it was also interesting to see her interaction with his daughter, Belinda. A family are going to Scotland for a final visit to a curmudgeonly patriarch. Whe...
The novel is fast and intelligent, as I expected from one of my favorite series. Daisy, a young journalist in the post-WWI England, gets on the Flying Scotsman, an express train to Edinburgh, and of course, there is a murder on the train, in a compartment next to hers. The situation is further compl...
Of the 4 books I've read, this is one of my favorites. The plot seemed to move along well - it didn't get dragged down or stop all together. And while there are many characters and the family relationships are a bit confusing at first, there was more "life" to these characters.Perhaps because Alec a...
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