To
Davy Jones Below
Daisy Dalrymple Mystery, No 6
by Carola Dunn
Wedding bells peal out, and Daisy is the Honorable
Miss Dalrymple no more, but Mrs. Fletcher. But scarcely is the honeymoon
over, when the pair has to voyage across the ocean to America, where
Alec is going to advise J Edgar Hoover about running a police force.
They are not alone, for Caleb P Arbuckle is there, together with
his daughter Gloria and her husband Philip (see Damsel in Distress,
also reviewed
on this site), and with them millionaire Jethro Gotobed. Daisy and
Alec like the bluff Yorkshireman, but not his new wife, ex-chorus
girl Wanda Fairchild. Before they have been at sea long they have
storms to cope with, and why do people keep falling overboard?
I, too, went overboard for this highly readable ninth addition
to this delightful series. A large ocean liner is always a great
setting for a story (so many plot possibilities) and Ms Dunn uses
it expertly. As well as the mystery itself, the reader is treated
to a description of what it must have been like on such a voyage,
what people did, a glimpse into how the ship was run and what the
staterooms looked like. This shows a keen awareness of why people
read historical fiction as well as a sound underpinning of period
knowledge, one of the best things about this series. May it run
and run...
Reviews of other titles in this series
Death
at Wentwater Court, 1
The
Winter Garden Mystery, 2
Requiem
For A Mezzo, 3
Murder
on the Flying Scotsman, 4
Damsel
in Distress, 5
Dead
In The Water, 6
Styx
and Stones, 7
Rattle His Bones, 8 [review
1] [review
2]
To
Davy Jones Below, 9
The
Case of the Murdered Muckraker, 10
Mistletoe
and Murder, 11
Die
Laughing, 12
A
Mourning Wedding, 13
Fall
of a Philanderer, 14
Gunpowder
Plot, 15
The
Black Ship, 17
Sheer
Folly, 18
Anthem
For Doomed Youth, 19
Gone
West, 20 |
The
Book |
Kensington
Mystery |
July
2003 |
Paperback |
0758201699
978-0758201690 |
Historical
Crime - 1923 Atlantic Ocean |
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|| UK |
The
Reviewer |
Rachel
A Hyde |
Reviewed
2007 |
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