In late 1923, the newly married Daisy Dalrymple and her
husband Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of
Scotland Yard, come to America for a honeymoon visit. In
the midst of a pleasure trip, however, both work in a bit
of business - Alec travels to Washington, D. C. to consult
with the U.S. government, Daisy to New York to meet with
her American magazine editor.While in New York, Daisy
stays at the famed Chelsea Hotel, which is not only close
to the Flatiron Building offices of Abroad magazine, where
she'll be meeting with her editor, but home to many of New
York's artists and writers. After her late morning
meeting, Daisy agrees to accompany her editor, Mr.
Thorwald, to lunch but as they are leaving the offices,
they hear a gun shot and see a man plummeting down an
elevator shaft.The man killed was one of her fellow
residents at the Chelsea Hotel, Otis Carmody, who was a
journalist with no end of enemies - personal and
professional - who would delight in his death.Again in the
midst of a murder investigation, Daisy's search for the
killer takes her to all levels of society, and even a mad
dash across the country itself, as she attempts to solve a
puzzle that would baffle even Philo Vance
himself.AUTHORBIO: Carola Dunn is the author of ten books
featuring Daisy Dalrymple, most recently To Davy Jones
Below, as well as numerous historical novels.Born and
raised in England, she lives in Eugene, Oregon.