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Rattle His Bones

The Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries, Book 8

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Rattle His Bones

By: Carola Dunn
Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
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The eighth installment in this cozy mystery series features Daisy Dalrymple at the Museum of Natural History, a place of fascination - and murder.

In the summer of 1923, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple makes what should be an uneventful research trip to the Museum of Natural History quite an eventful day - with her nephew, Derek, and her soon-to-be stepdaughter, Belinda, in tow. But as she interviews the various curators for her article on the museums of London, she soon discovers that the Museum of Natural History is a hothouse of professional rivalry and jealousy. Much resentment exists, particularly between Dr. Smith Woodward, the keeper of geology, responsible for the fossil collection, and Dr. Pettigrew, the keeper of mineralogy, responsible for the museum's fabulous gem collection.

On a later trip, as closing time nears, Daisy hears two voices followed by a tremendous crash and rushes into the next hall to discover Dr. Pettigrew dead - murdered amid a pile of dinosaur bones.

Daisy's fiancé, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, is assigned to investigate, and together they must unravel a most baffling case of missing gems, dispossessed European royalty, professional rivalry, and a murder most foul.

©2000 Carola Dunn (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Cosy Fiction Historical Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Natural History Detective Palaeontology Crime Murder
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I find this book really slow for the action to start. maybe to much information in the beginning to settle the scene.

slow start

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I usually enjoy daisy but not this time too much technical information I was waiting for the story to develop. Narrator used a high pitched voice when indicating children it was too jarring.

Bones disappointing

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Books are cost detective series and quite fun. Previous narrators I’ve tried have been so horrible I either couldn’t finish the book or barely coped. This one still mispronounces words but at least the accent is less excruciating!

More enjoyable narrator

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New reader is excellent and portrayal of characters very good. Carola Dunn delivers a fun and interesting plot once again.

Spiffing darling.

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Finally these books can be enjoyed to the full with a narrator who actually understands the English language.
Great light read which is fun and enjoyable

Alleluia! A decent narrator!

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