Mistletoe and Murder - (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries) by Carola Dunn (Paperback)

About the Book

"It's December 1923, and the formidable Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple has decreed that for Christmas the family will all gather at Brockdene in Cornwall at the invitation of Lord Westmoor. So her daughter, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, and Daisy's husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, must spend their Christmas holiday trapped in an ancestral estate with a rich history of lore, ghost stories, rumors of hidden treasure, and secret passageways, with a family seething with resentments, grudges and a faintly scandalous history. The veneer of civility that pervades the halls of Brockdene begins to wear thin when long-held family secrets threaten to bubble over, and one of the Christmas guest is found savagely murdered. With too few clues as to who committed the murder and with too many motives as to why, it is up to Daisy to sort out the truth that lies beneath a generation of poisonous secrets."--Back cover

Book Synopsis

Back in a brand new edition, Carola Dunn's Mistletoe and Murder is a classic Christmas Daisy Dalrymple mystery for new fans and old.

In December 1923, the formidable Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple has decided that for Christmas the family will all gather at Brockdene in Cornwall at the invitation of Lord Westmoor. Her daughter - Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher - is something less than pleased but yields to the demands of her mother, especially as she'll be there just before the holidays working on another article for Town and Country about the estate itself.

But the family gathering quickly goes awry. Brockdene, it seems, is only occupied by the Norvilles - poor relations of Lord Westmoor - and Westmoor himself won't be joining them. So Daisy, her husband Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, and their family must spend their Christmas holiday trapped in an ancestral estate with a rich history of lore, ghost stories, rumors of hidden treasure and secret passageways with a family seething with resentments, grudges and a faintly scandalous history.

The veneer of civility that pervades the halls of Brockdene, however, begins to wear thin when long-held family secrets threaten to bubble over, and one of the Christmas guests is found savagely murdered. With few clues as to who committed the murder and with too many motives as to why, it is once again up to Daisy to sort out the truth that lies beneath a generation of poisonous secrets.

About the Author

CAROLA DUNN is the author of many mysteries featuring Daisy Dalrymple, including Sheer Folly, Gone West, Heirs to the Body, and The Corpse at the Crystal Palace, as well as numerous historical novels. Born and raised in England, she lives in Eugene, Orego