Damsel in Distress (A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery) - Softcover

Dunn, Carola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575667541 ISBN 13: 9781575667546

Publisher: Kensington Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

When Philip Petrie's fiancee Gloria, the daughter of an American millionaire, is kidnapped, he turns to Daisy Dalrymple to find the kidnappers and rescue his love from their clutches. Reprint.

About this title

Review:

A dauntless Daisy and good-natured fun. (Kirkus Reviews)

Appropriate historical detail and witty dialogue are the finishing touches on this engaging 1920s period piece. (Publishers Weekly)

As always, Dunn evokes the life and times of 1920s England while providing a plot that is a cut above the average British cosy. This will delight readers who love country-house mysteries. (Booklist)

For fans of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels. (Library Journal)

From the Author:

About Daisy Dalrymple
The Daisy Dalrymple mysteries, set in 1923 in England, have been compared to Sayers, Allingham, Christie, and P.G. Wodehouse. Daisy's father was a viscount, her brother was killed in the First World War. Rather than live with cousins or her mother, she decides to earn her own living, a bold choice for a young woman of her social position in those days. In the first mystery she encounters, in DEATH AT WENTWATER COURT, she meets Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, a widower with a young daughter. Sparks ensue, as Daisy helps/meddles in the case, with her own notions of what constitutes justice. In succeeding books, the conflict continues, while Daisy and Alec fall in love. Will they get married? Read on!

About this edition

• Publisher: Kensington Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1575667541
• ISBN 13: 9781575667546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256