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After many years working around the world for an international charity in the late 1960s, Eleanor Trewynn has retired to the relative quiet of a small town in Cornwall. But her quiet life is short-lived when, due to her experience, the Commonwealth Relations Office reaches out to her to assist in a secret conference that is to take place in a small hotel outside the historical village of Tintagel. Meanwhile, her niece, Detective Sergeant Megan Pencarrow, is investigating the disappearance of a local solicitor when she is assigned to help provide security.

In the summer of 1924, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is off on a holiday by the sea with her step-daughter Belinda, Belinda's chum Deva, and Daisy's husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard. Daisy is anticipating a relaxing, nondramatic holiday. But Daisy doesn't have that kind of luck.

In September 1926, the Honorable 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.

Grateful for Lord Hazlewood’s quixotic aid, Thea Kilmore wishes he’d see her as more than a damsel in distress. Roderick, meanwhile, wishes she’d regard him as more than a white knight to turn to when in trouble.

Jason, Lord Kilmore, a fortune-hunter, elopes with a beautiful but birdwitted heiress. Penny Bryant, escaping her wicked uncle, elopes with a kind but humorless doctor. Meeting on the road to Gretna Green, both find their plans in conflict with their hearts.

Lady Jane Brooke sought shelter when her coach broke down, and found herself at the Earl of Wintringham’s estate. Trying to conceal her identity, she introduced herself as a governess. Lord Winter, as the apparently cold earl was called, thawed in response to the delightful Miss Brooke, but she knew he would never approve of her deception.

In the late 1920s in England, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is recruited to help her cousin Edgar - i.e. the Lord Dalrymple. About to turn 50, Lord Dalrymple decides it is time to find out who would be the heir to the viscountcy. With the help of the family lawyer, who advertises Empire-wide, they have come up with four potential claimants. For his fiftieth birthday, Edgar invites those would-be heirs - with Daisy and the rest of the family - to Fairacres, the family estate.

In this second installment of Carola Dunn's cozy mystery series set in 1923 England, plucky Daisy Dalrymple embarks on another assignment for Town and Country magazine and discovers that daffodil bulbs aren't all that's buried in a country estate's flower bed.

This first installment of a cozy mystery series transports listeners back to the bygone era of 1923 Britain, where unflappable flapper and fledgling journalist Daisy Dalrymple daringly embarks on her first writing assignment, and promptly stumbles across a corpse.

Eleanor Trewynn is a widow of some years living in Port Mabyn, a small fishing village in Cornwall, England. In her younger days, she traveled the exotic parts of the world with her husband. These days, she's retired and founded the local charity shop. Her niece, Megan Pencarrow, transferred nearby and was recently promoted to the rank of Detective Sergeant.

Hester Godric's grandfather was in trade, but her stepmother had taught her to be a lady—before leaving Hester with four half-siblings to raise. The victim of a carriage accident lands in her home to recover, but does not reveal that he is the Earl of Alton. Hester learns his identity only when the whole family descends on London and involves my lord in a variety of scrapes.

Who is Lissa Findlay? What secret prevents her confiding in Lord Ashe, when he plucks her from the opera chorus to be governess to his invalid nephew? What will his sister and mother do if they discover her past? And can she ever trust him, after he made her a very improper offer indeed?

The pregnant widow of a scapegrace cousin—whatever his wishes, duty requires Gareth, Lord Wyckham, to take her into his household. Soon Laura finds her way into his family and his heart. When her adorable baby is born, he has to persuade her it’s not just Priscilla’s Papa he wants to become, but Laura’s loving husband.

Alison Larkin thought it would be romantic to be loved by a lord, and her wealthy aunt granted her a Season in London to meet the ton. Unfortunately, the first eligible gentleman who came in her way was Philip Trevelyan—a man without a title but with all the right qualifications to win Miss Larkin’s heart!

Mord im Konzert! Bei ihrem Debüt in der Londoner Royal Albert Hall im Jahre 1923 bricht die Mezzosopranistin Betsy tot auf der Bühne zusammen. Miss Daisy Dalrymple, eine junge Adlige mit journalistischen Ambitionen, und ihr Freund Alec Fletcher von Scotland Yard ermitteln - und erweisen sich schnell als findige Experten für komplizierte Künstlerseelen und skandalöse Affären. Aber bis geklärt ist, wer Betsy vergiftete, erleben die beiden so manche bedrohliche Überraschung.

Frühsommer in Südengland - der Honourable Phillip Petrie ist mit seinem Sportwagen unterwegs, als plötzlich der Motor knatternd seinen Geist aufgibt. Er wirft einen verzweifelten Blick unter die Kühlerhaube, da hält ein knallroter Superschlitten neben ihm - darin die schönste, blonde Frau, die Phillip jemals gesehen hat. Er beschließt, das Herz seiner engelsgleichen Retterin zu erobern, was gar nicht so leicht ist, denn Gloria ist die Tochter eines amerikanischen Millionärs.

Anonyme Briefe für Lord John. Ob sich Miss Daisy da nicht überschätzt hat? Ihr Schwager Lord John hat sie gebeten herauszufinden, wer ihm seit einiger Zeit diese kompromittierenden anonymen Briefe ins Herrenhaus von Oakhurst schickt. Zu Anfang kommt sie ausgesprochen gut voran mit ihren Ermittlungen, doch dann entdeckt sie eines Nachmittags auf dem Friedhof eine Leiche, erschlagen von einem Granitengel. War es ein Unfall oder gar Mord? Und führt die Spur zu dem treuherzigen Landpfarrer, dem eleganten Arzt oder den frömmelnden Damen in ihren viktorianischen Villen?

Miss Daisy in New York. Daisy Dalrymple reist mit ihrem frischgebackenen Ehemann Alec Fletcher von Scotland Yard nach Amerika. Im berühmten Chelsea Hotel in New York freundet Daisy sich mit einigen skurrilen Hotelgästen an. Bei einem Treffen mit dem Herausgeber des Magazins, für das sie schreibt, hört sie plötzlich einen Schuss - ein Reporter ist tot, doch der Täter kann entkommen. Mit ihren neuen Freunden mischt Daisy sich in die Ermittlungen ein. Eine Spur zum Mörder führt sie quer durch das Amerika der Roaring Twenties. Ein Kriminalfall aus den Goldenen Zwanzigern voll skurriler Figuren.

Tödliches Weekend auf dem Lande. England 1923: Daisy Dalrymple, jung, charmant und adlig, begibt sich nach Henley-on-Thames, wo die Königliche Ruderregatta stattfindet, von der sie für ein amerikanisches Magazin berichten soll. Außerdem hofft sie, bei der Gelegenheit ein geruhsames Wochenende mit ihrem Verlobten Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher von Scotland Yard verbringen zu können. Als während der Wettkämpfe der Schlagmann eines Teams tot ins Wasser stürzt und es sich offenbar um einen Mord handelt, muss Alec wohl oder übel den Fall übernehmen.

Mord an Bord. Daisy Dalrymple und ihr frischgebackener Ehemann Alec Fletcher von Scotland Yard reisen an Bord eines Luxusliners nach New York. Alec hat einen Spezialauftrag in den USA, und Daisy begleitet ihn. Eines Abends geht ein Mann über Bord. Eine Zeugin behauptet, er sei gestoßen worden. Der Kapitän will zuerst nicht glauben, dass es Mord war, trotzdem bittet er Alec, sich der Sache anzunehmen. Aber der ist erst mal seekrank, und so muss Daisy für ihn einspringen. Ein neuer Fall für Miss Daisy - very British und voller liebenswerter Figuren.