Sheer Folly (Daisy Dalrymple, #18)
In 1926, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her friend Lucy head off for the stately home reputed to have the best grotto in the country. At the home, they find themselves faced with a curious assortment of people including Lord Rydal. When the grotto explodes with Lord Rydal in it, it's not a question...
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In 1926, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her friend Lucy head off for the stately home reputed to have the best grotto in the country. At the home, they find themselves faced with a curious assortment of people including Lord Rydal. When the grotto explodes with Lord Rydal in it, it's not a question of who would do it - but who actually did do it.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781849011211 (1849011214)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Robinson
Pages no: 346
Edition language: English
Series: Daisy Dalrymple (#18)
I'm running out of things to say about this series. I still enjoy it a lot (with very few exceptions but this is not one of those). The 'various people meet in a large house and then one gets murdered' is one of my favourite set-ups and it's very well done here. Perhaps Rhino was a bit too over the ...
A delightful romp and a worthy addition to the series. The premise is simple: Daisy and her friend, photographer Lucy, visit an estate of a rich manufacturer of the bathroom tubs and basins. He has a rare folly – a grotto – on his property, and they are planning to include the folly’s photos and des...
Another exciting adventure with Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher. I enjoyed this one. It was a fun read with a few plot twists and good red herrings in the mystery. There was never a question that Daisy's adventures are not literary classics, they never purport to be so, but still they are fun and why re...