One autumn day Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher gets an unexpected
call from her old friend Sybil Sutherby. Sybil believes
someone is poisoning her employer, Humphrey Birtwhistle.
Sybil asks for Daisy's help, but before Daisy can even get
under way, Birtwhistle dies under suspicious circumstances.
Now Daisy faces a household full of suspects, and her
husband Scotland Yard detective Alec Fletcher, who is not
pleased to find Daisy in the middle of a murder investigation.
Carola Dunn has written a charming cozy set in 1920s
England. The murder of Mr. Birtwhistle is intriguing, yet
not overly complicated. This makes for an enjoyable read,
and readers will enjoy discovering clues alongside Daisy.
The characters are well rounded and delightfully complex.
Daisy is a strong, independent, and intelligent character
who knows how to solve a mystery. GONE WEST is a pleasant
read mystery fans will appreciate.
In September 1926, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher
visits Sybil Sutherby, a school friend now living in
Derbyshire as the confidential secretary to a novelist.
Suspecting that something is seriously amiss, Sybil has
asked Daisy to discretely investigate. Upon arrival, Daisy
finds a household of relatives and would-be suitors living
off the hospitality of Humphrey Birtwhistle, who had been
supporting them through his thrice-yearly, pseudonymous
Westerns. When he took ill, though, Sybil took over writing
them while he recovered, only to see the sales increase.
Now, she fears that someone in the household is poisoning
Birtwhistle to keep him ill and Sybil writing the
better-paying versions. But before Daisy can even get
decently underway, Humphrey Birtwhistle dies under
suspicious circumstances and Daisy now faces a death to
untangle, a house full of suspects and a Scotland Yard
detective husband who is less than pleased at this turn of
events.
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