Black Ship
A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery

Name: Black Ship
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Carola Dunn
ISBN: 9781538485880

Author: Carola Dunn

Series: Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries #17

Narrator: Lucy Rayner

Unabridged: 10 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 10/10/2017

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British, Historical Fiction, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

In September 1925, Scotland Yard DCI Alec Fletcher inherits a large house on the outskirts of London from a recently deceased great-uncle. Fortunately so, as he and his wife, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, are the recent proud parents of twins, and their house is practically bursting at the seams. Though in need of a bit of work, this new, larger house seems a godsend—set in a small circle of houses, with a communal garden and Hampstead Heath nearby, the setting is idyllic.Idyllic, that is until a dead body shows up half-hidden under the bushes of the communal garden. Now rumors of bootleggers, American gangsters, and an international liquor smuggling operation via black ships have turned everything in their new neighborhood upside down. Alec is assigned by Scotland Yard to ferret out the truth behind the dastardly dead—but it’s up to Daisy to find out who the dead man is, what his relationship to her new neighbors is, why he was murdered, and who did him in!

About Carola Dunn

Carola Dunn is the author of several series of novels, including Regency romances, the Daisy Dalrymple mysteries, the Cornish mysteries, and more than two dozen stand-alone novels.

About Lucy Rayner

Lucy Rayner is an award-winning British actress. Bitten hard by the acting bug whilst performing at the Edinburgh Festival as a teenager, she has gone on to work on both sides of the Atlantic in a number of theater productions and films, many of which have screened at festivals around the world. She loves to tell stories and voice characters in a number of British regional accents and has narrated many wonderful audiobooks. She has a master's degree in history from the University of Edinburgh and is a graduate of the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anna on February 09, 2017

"Heavens, darling, you are becoming positively domesticated." Spot on, Marge! Our dear little Daisy Dalrymple is getting boring! She used to be a well mannered upperclass rebel, finding her own path, getting a job (oh, dearie, dearie me!), surviving on eggs and sardines and choosing the wrong partner,......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 16, 2019

It was interesting seeing some of the effects of the Volstead Act from the English point of view. I'm not positive that the attitudes & machinations that took place in this novel were representative, but they sure rang true. That made this otherwise typical DD cozy mystery a bit more interesting. Th......more

Goodreads review by FangirlNation on October 22, 2017

Daisy gets to move to a new, larger home when her husband, Chief Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher gets left a home in a higher class community by his uncle, leading to her latest adventure in Black Ship by Carola Dunn. While preparing for the move, they get visited by former FBI detective Lambert,......more

Goodreads review by Judith on February 22, 2017

I normally love the Daisy Dalrymple series but I found this silly story of bootleggers smuggling rum during Prohibition a real disappointment. And I thought the identity of the murderer was quite obvious too. A let down in what's otherwise been a great series of cosy mysteries.......more

Goodreads review by Frances on August 15, 2022

Light, enjoyable cosy crime.......more

Quotes

“Dunn creates a vivid portrait of the rapidly changing way of life in 1920s England…Entertaining and well researched.”

RT Book Reviews

“Dunn provides an intriguing view of the Prohibition era from the English perspective, besides casting a witty light on the social changes of the day.”

Publishers Weekly

“Daisy Dalrymple…is infamous at Scotland Yard as the detective’s wife who keeps falling over bodies. Technically, Daisy doesn’t stumble over this body, but her dog and parlor maid do…As usual, Daisy helps solve the case because people ‘do like to tell me things, you know.’"

Booklist

“A sleuthing couple who move to a new home suspect their new neighbors of murder…Ever-curious Daisy adds an interesting take on Prohibition to her modest mystery.”

Kirkus Reviews