Time for another Daisy fix! We join Daisy and (whats seems to me like) a crazy amount of people out on a day trip to the Crystal Palace. If you have never seen a photograph of this famous London building, stop right now and search the internet. It really was an amazing building, but burned down in 1936... What a great setting for the first part of the mystery.

Daisy and a ton of family and friends venture out to spend the day among the marvels housed in and around the Crystal Palace. By 'a ton', I mean Belinda, Miranda, Oliver, Ben, Charlie, Nurse Gilpin, Nurse Bertha, Sakari, Kesin, Tom Tring, Mrs. Tring and Truscott. Daisy stumbles upon a corpse, as she does. Even worse, Nurse Gilpin was seen racing across the grounds after another nurse, pursued by the older children, and was knocked unconscious into one of the ponds on the grounds.

In typical Daisy fashion, and to Chief Inspector Husband Alec's dismay, she attempts to ferret out as much information as possible. There are cabaret performers, bohemian artists, a Russian Prince and Princess, and a devoted dog rescuer. Phillip Petrie pops over from the USA to make an appearance, and Lucy fashionably lounges around London.

This was an enjoyable, fluffy and cozy read. Daisy's life is constantly changing, and she is so likable.
She does seem a bit exasperated at times, but there is a lot going on in this story. I felt like Dunn was going to address racism in 1920s Britain, but just gave it up after the first few chapters. There has always been a strong flavour of tolerance in Daisy's personality, and I think it would be interesting to hear more about how she interacts with society regarding race discrimination. The mystery is ... oops! well forget about that, no spoilers here!

I have grown very attached to Daisy over the years, and while this was not quite as stellar as Death at Wentwater Court or The Bloody Tower, it was lovely to visit with her again.

Wahoo, Carola & Daisy are back on form is this latest Daisy Darlymple book. I have just racked up some fabulous hours reading this and its caused me to start the series again from the beginning. A few littles lines of the book were left untied but otherwise a superb read!A great cosy crime to ready either a series or as a stand a lone book. Can highly recommend purchasing!