The Corpse at the Crystal Palace
A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery
by Carola Dunn
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Pub Date Jul 03 2018 | Archive Date Jul 03 2018
St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books
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Description
A casual outing to the Crystal Palace in London takes a mysterious and murderous turn in The Corpse at the Crystal Palace, the latest mystery in Carola Dunn’s beloved Daisy Dalrymple series.
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 3-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.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781250047052 |
| PRICE | $26.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 288 |
Featured Reviews
Annette N, Reviewer
Carola Dunn has written another wonderful Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher cozy.
Daisy has 2 boys visiting her family. And being a wonderful mother and hostess, she has plans for entertaining the 2 boys. First, there will be an expedition to the Crystal Palace. The party will be a large one. There are toddlers, older children and several adults. It is exciting and entertaining and most of all fun.
The fun ends immediately when a dead body is found. At the same time, Daisy's young twins' nanny is attacked and almost drowned. Everything is connected but it takes some clues to put everything together.
This is the 28th book in the series. I hate to admit it, but I have not read all of them and I have missed the most recent few. I was still able to follow the story easily.
Daisy is married to a detective inspector for Scotland Yard. She has inserted herself in investigations in the past and Alex, her husband, loses patience with her about investigating.
But, she has opportunities that the police would not have available. She is from a family with friendships in the “upper” classes.
Daisy's friends, as well as some strangers, have information that slowly but surely lead to the murderer. At the same time, the clues lead to a viable motive for murder. The victim is someone who has created many motives for his murder. He treated people as though their feelings and goals were jokes. He went out of his way to humiliate people. He took pleasure in punishing anyone who chose to disagree with him. The more we learn about the victim the more we realize, he was a terrible human being.
Carola Dunn is a writer who knows her characters and allows the reader to get to know them as well. Daisy and her family and friends are all very real human beings. They are humorous, intelligent, and charming. Both the upper classes and those people who are not from such elevated birth are wonderful examples of the British in the early part of the 20th century.
There is strong evidence that the class system is alive and well. Examples of women being put in their place are frequent. Daisy, and all women, have just been given the vote, in 1928. The entire story is filled with references to life at the end of the Roaring Twenties.
The plot is filled with many possible murderers. Gradually, each suspect is examined and then proven to be not guilty. But, each of the various suspects are fascinating people.
I have enjoyed this book very much. I do not recall ever not enjoying a Daisy Dalrymple book.
I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley. I am voluntarily writing this review. All opinions are my own.
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