Damsel
in Distress
Daisy
Dalrymple Mystery, No 5
By
Carola Dunn
It
looks as though Daisy might get rid of her unwanted suitor Philip
Petrie at last - he has fallen in love. Pretty blonde Gloria Arbuckle
is American, and the only child of a millionaire car tycoon. But
hardly has be begun to seriously date her than she is kidnapped
from under his nose while he attempts to fix her father's car. It
is up to Daisy to help out, but how can she involve her own lover
Alec when any involvement with the police might get Gloria killed?
Anybody expecting another murder mystery
is going to be surprised, because this fifth adventure is anything
but. Instead sit back and enjoy a real old-fashioned caper, where
Daisy invites her chums down for a house party where the guests
have to help track down the missing girl. It is all great fun too;
racketing around in classic cars, shocking the elder generation
and even managing to picnic in the woods for sandwiches and ginger
beer - lashings of it, I imagine. Anybody who remembers reading
"Nancy Drew" or the "Famous Five" will enjoy
this one, and I applaud the author who is determined to make every
book in this series refreshingly different than each other. Any
chance of a Scooby Doo style ghost hunt in the future? Daisy would
carry that off beautifully too - an enjoyable and delightful book
that doesn't need piles of bodies to entertain.
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 |
March
2002; frequent reprints |
Paperback |
1575667541 |
Historical
Crime [1923 Worcestershire and other English places] |
More
at Amazon.com ||
UK
|
The
Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed
2005 |
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