pickThis addition to the Daisy Dalrymple series was way better than the prior entry! Daisy spends the holidays with her family, and of course there is murder and intrigue. Daisy is a fun character, who tries to be a modern woman in post WWI, breaking through her titled background. Cannot wait to go on to the next in the series!
pickTotally out of season! Whoops. I needed a bit of a break from Daisy, but now I'm itching to pick up the next book. There's a definite formula, but... It works for me!
“If it wasn‘t that, it would be something else. When she‘s in her coffin, she‘ll complain if she‘s buried five feet eleven and a half inches down instead of six feet.”
so-soI was in the mood for a Christmas mystery, so I snagged this on #Hoopla even though I stopped reading the Daisy Dalrymple series. This scratched my holiday itch but was pretty lackluster otherwise. The author tries to walk the line between period (1920s) feelings on race and current feelings, which didn‘t work great.
#LyricalApril #day10 #Holiday The last book I read that was centred around a holiday was this Daisy Dalrymple book, Mistletoe and Murder. Daisy & her new family go to stay at a grand estate for Xmas, but when a visiting vicar is found murdered in the chapel on Xmas day, Alec is forced into duty to find the killer before there's more bodies and his holiday is completely ruined!🎄🎅🏻🎄
pickBk11 in the Daisy Dalrymple series sees her spending her first Xmas as a married woman with her husband & stepdaughter, but also her mother at a grand estate in Cornwall belonging to a distant titled cousin. But when she finds out that not only will the Viscount not be joining them, they will be staying with some poor cousins, & when the Dowager Lady Dalrymple finishes taking it out on Daisy, the body of a vicar is found in the chapel.Hohoho!🎅🏻
Kicking off my Saturday reading with the next book in the Daisy Dalrymple series. My brain just isn't ready for Wuthering Heights yet! Xmas 1923 & Daisy takes her new family, including the MIL, to a Cornish estate for the holiday. But Alec is forced into action when the body of the chaplain is discovered.
Looking forward to some more Daisy & Alec! #daisysdarlings
so-soMy first Daisy Dalrymple mystery, and I found Daisy an engaging protagonist. Her mother is a bit much, but the rest of her family, husband Alec, daughter Belinda and nephew Derek are likable and fun. The mystery itself is ok to good. There are quite a few references to contemporary norms/events that seem placed to educate, similar to Charles Finch's method. Though obvious additions, it is interesting to learn little tidbits about the time period.
Mistletoe and Murder: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery | 
