Murder on the Flying Scotsman, Carola Dunn
Murder on the Flying Scotsman, Carola Dunn
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Murder on the Flying Scotsman
A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery

Author: Carola Dunn

Narrator: Mia Chiaromonte

Unabridged: 6 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/15/2013


Synopsis

It is the spring of 1923 and the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple is on her way to a stately home in Scotland to research her next article for Town and Country. On board the Flying Scotsman, the famous London-to-Edinburgh train, Daisy meets an old schoolfellow, Anne Bretton. Anne, along with all of her relatives, is en route to visit the deathbed of the family scion and notorious miser, Alistair McGowan. As it currently stands, Alistairs will leaves the entire family fortune to his brother Albert, and the rest of the family is rushing to his side, each hoping to convince him to change his will in their favor. Daisy, meanwhile, has her hands full taking care of Detective Inspector Alec Fletchers young daughter Belinda, who ran away from home and stowed away aboard the train. She barely has time to take notice of the intricate family feud taking place all around herthat is, until Albert McGowan is found murdered on the train and Daisy is surrounded by an entire family of suspects.

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gloria on February 18, 2025

This is another great mystery in the Daisy Dalrymple series, this time set on the Flying Scotsman train running between London and Edinburgh. Daisy is on the way for work for the magazine she works with. Surprises abound when Belinda, Alec's daughter shows up at the station and an old friend from sc......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on November 20, 2015

Ended up blasting through this book in the wee hours of the morning because I couldn't stop reading and and lost much sleep in the process, which is enough to earn 4 stars from me. It is, however, a weaker entry than the first two books with a less likeable (or interesting) cast of potential culprit......more

Goodreads review by Jim on March 08, 2019

Daisy lands in the thick of it again. Some of the best parts are how the characters have grown through the series. Alec guesses that the 'concerned citizen' that asked for him to take this case was Daisy. His men are constantly invoking her opinion as gospel & this case brings in Belinda, Alec's dau......more

Goodreads review by Bskinner on September 25, 2022

Least favorite of the series so far. I listened to the audio version and this novel is better suited to a physical book with a list of the bewildering array of characters. One of the characters was an attorney who felt free to discuss the details of clients financial affairs and wills, completely un......more

Goodreads review by Mary on December 31, 2022

Daisy stumbles on a dead body on the Flying Scotsman en route to Scotland. What with taking care of Belinda Fletcher who had run away from home and trying to find evidence of a crime , it makes for an interesting story.......more