Styx and Stones

Daisy Dalrymple, Book 7

By: Carola Dunn

Narrated by: Mia Chiaromonte

Unflappable flapper and Town & Country scribe Daisy Dalrymple searches for a killer whose vicious pen matches a murderous heart in this delightful installment of Dunn's cozy mystery series.

In the 1920s, in post - World War I England, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple, newly engaged to Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher, is asked by her brother-in-law to discreetly investigate a series of poisoned pen letters that many of the local villagers have been receiving. When the pompous and unbearable brother of the local vicar is killed by a very large rock, dropped on his head from a great height, it seems clear to all that this campaign of gossip has escalated to murder. With the help of her husband, who'd rather she not get involved, Daisy tries to uncover who wrote the letters and who that person has driven to murder before the killer strikes again.

©1999 Carola Dunn (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

will there be another Daisy Dalrymple !

I hope there are more Daisy Dalrymple, I'm having withdrawal issues, I love all the volumes ❤️

I’ve reached the point of being amused

I’ve been enjoying these Carola Dunn light mysteries and decided to tough it out through Chiaromonte’s narration. At this point in the series, I look forward to each chapter to see which pronunciations she will mangle. It’s been somewhat harder to appreciate the pauses at the wrong time, the misplaced emphases on a word or phrase. (What?) Do people audition for this job? And how did she earn the right to narrate after her first abysmal performance? Now there’s a mystery.

fun and enjoyable

I'm coming late to this series but I really enjoy it. I look forward to the next book.

Au revoir

The time has come for the Hon. Daisy and I to part company. Having listened to seven stories (which are now formulaic), they are increasingly overtaken by Daisy’s endless inner voice/musings and cogitating exceeding the actual conversations and clues, to the extent that I am no longer able to figure out whodunnit, myself. I enjoyed the first few but now am giving up.

Excellent

Wonderful murder mystery. No foul language. Thrilled story line will definitely get more from this author!