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Damsel in Distress

A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery, Book 5

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Damsel in Distress

By: Carola Dunn
Narrated by: Mia Chiaromonte
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In spring a young man’s fancy will turn to love, and the Honorable Phillip Petrie is no exception. Daisy’s chum is totally smitten with Miss Gloria Arbuckle, daughter of a millionaire Yank. But before the enthusiastic suitor can pop the question, his beloved is abducted. As a distraught Mr. Arbuckle begins assembling the ransom, Phillip enlists Daisy to help him recover his missing sweetheart.

Strictly forbidden to contact Scotland Yard, Daisy must resist the temptation to bring dashing Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher on to the case. But as she closes in on the abductors’ rural hideaway, she begins to suspect that Gloria isn’t the only fair damsel whose life hangs in the balance.

The fifth whodunit in Carola Dunn’s stylish cozy mystery series set in 1923 England once again features British heiress and Town and County writer Daisy Dalrymple.

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Overall a good listen, though not as good as the previous couple of books, a bit of a weak story. This narrator is somewhat lacking, many mispronunciations. It’s a shame the first narrator didn’t continue.

Another enjoyable Daisy adventure

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The delightful Daisy is back as are the growing cast of friends and characters that make this a pleasure to listen to.

Light, entertaining mystery

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Carola Dunn writes an engaging group of characters into traditional detective fiction set in 1920s Britain. I have listened to four other titles in the series.
The only negative is the appalling mispronunciations by the narrators. Cringingly bad at times.

Light and Engaging

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I found this book so hard to finish. It dragged on and was really quite silly

Not the best in the series

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It would have taken very little effort for the narrator to find out how to pronounce the place names. Google would have done it. Instead, Hereford is pronounced "hear-ford", Worcester is mangled, as are the Malvern Hills. Time after time, the narrator goes unerringly for the wrong pronunciation. For a native British person, it's incredibly irritating and distracting. For the rest, the story isn't the best from this series, but it is light and engaging - if only it weren't for the ridiculous and lazy pronunciations!

Lazy

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Done to death kidnap tale. Uncertain whether it was intended as a farce. Slappable characters.
Appalling narration. Lovely voice but the worst and inconsistent pronunciation of basic English words.

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