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The Corpse at the Crystal Palace

The Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries, Book 23

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Daisy Dalrymple is back - when a casual outing to the Crystal Palace in London takes a mysterious and murderous turn.

April 1928: Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is visited in London by her young cousins. On the list of must-see sites is the Crystal Palace. Discovering that her children's nanny, Nanny Gilpin, has never seen the Palace, Daisy decides to make a day of it - bringing her cousins, her three-year-old twins, her step-daughter Belinda, the nurserymaid, and Nanny Gilpin. Yet this ordinary outing goes wrong when Mrs. Gilpin goes off to the ladies room and fails to return. When Daisy goes to look for her, she doesn't find her nanny but instead the body of another woman dressed in a nanny's uniform.

Meanwhile, Belinda and the cousins spot Mrs. Gilpin chasing after yet another nanny. Intrigued, they trail the two through the vast Crystal Palace and into the park. After briefly losing sight of their quarry, they stumble across Mrs. Gilpin lying unconscious in a small lake inhabited by huge concrete dinosaurs.

When she comes to, Mrs. Gilpin can't remember what happened after leaving the twins in the nurserymaid's care. Daisy's husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the murdered nanny. Worried about her children's own injured nanny, Daisy is determined to help. First she has to discover the identity of the third nanny, the presumed murderer, and to do so, Daisy must uncover why the amnesic Mrs. Gilpin deserted her charges to follow the missing third nanny.

©2018 Carola Dunn (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Great series- sad they have now finished but set in a era not often portrayed- well done carola

Easy listening

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Just such easy listening, although the Scottish accent in the one was a little rough. I hope Daisy returns for more sleuthing.

Bravo Daisy D (Mrs F); another great story.

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Classic whodunits. I’ve completed the whole series and have thoroughly enjoyed each and every title.

These books are perfect for someone looking for good storytelling and plot without needing to concentrate hard all the time.

Perfect for relaxing

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Having listened to all the Daisy Dalrimple books . I can say I found them very pleasantly entertaining. They mix the subject of murder with an interesting insight into the early half of the twentieth century and how life was then , very different from today. The only slightly annoying thing is the odd pronunciation of some of the words, I could not make up my mind whether the narrator was trying to be ultra posh or had never heard the word. I did get used to the narration.

Entertaining light hearted read.

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The story itself is interesting enough but the exaggerated voice characterisations by the reader are somewhat distracting as they make absurd caricatures of the characters.

Moderately entertaining

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