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Requiem for a Mezzo

A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery

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Requiem for a Mezzo

By: Carola Dunn
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
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About this listen

 With dashing Scotland Yard Inspector Alec Fletcher at her side, Daisy is enjoying a delightful performance of Verdi's Requiem, featuring her neighbor Muriel Westlea's celebrated sister, Bettina. But when all that emerges from the doomed diva's vocal chords is a dying gasp, Daisy soon discovers that the notoriously difficult opera star had her share of adversaries; among them a smugly philandering tenor, a burly Russian bass, and even her own vocal coach husband, with whom she shared a hardly harmonious marriage.

Did one of them fatally poison the acclaimed mezzo? Or is someone else determined to see that Daisy's investigation ends on as bitter a note as Bettina's fateful last performance?

©1996 Carola Dunn (P)2006 Blackstone Audio Inc Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Marriage Cosy Cosy Mysteries

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Critic reviews

"Dunn describes 1920s London and the characters in detail and highlights the interplay between Alec and Daisy. A snug read." ( Library Journal)
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Yet another audio book ruined by an American trying to do British and regional British accents.

Sack the narrator

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Really loving this series, it's gentle and the characters are great fun.

3stars on the performance because the accents are all over the place.

Very enjoyable

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This seemed like a never ending story. Whereas the previous tales gave weight and interest to the story, this tale was just bogged down with ‘artistic temperament’. So, not my favourite.

Great continuation of the series, but…

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These stories are delightful easy reading, set in the 1920s. The plot was good, with plenty of suspects and of course there was a twist at the end !

Easy reading !

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I was about to give up on this series due to the narration. I’m glad I didn’t as I’ve gotten used to the accent and the story was very good. Looking forward to the next one.

Keep with the series - it grows on you 😉

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