Category: 1920s

Heirs of the Body

04/24/2013

HEIRS OF THE BODY, the next Daisy Dalrymple mystery, is finished and "in production" (publisher-speak) at last. There were times that I thought I'd never finish it!

Due out in December in US and March (?) in UK.

Look for news of more Daisy coming up....

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GONE WEST signing schedule

01/01/2012

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NW Signings:

Seattle Mystery Feb 11th noon ;

Murder by the Book, Portland, Feb 12th, 2pm·

Calif signings:

Mysteries to Die For, Thousand Oaks, March 3, 1pm

Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, March 6, 7pm

Mystery Ink, Huntingdon Beach, March 11, noon (to be confirmed)

Book'Em Mysteries, S. Pasadena, March 11, 3 pm

And Left Coast Crime, Sacramento :-)

Anthem for Doomed Youth in PAPERBACK will also be out.

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Another one for the holidays:

12/16/2011

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I also set a Regency at Cotehele--my sister lives very close to the house and the first time I saw it I knew it was the perfect setting for a story. Or two.

In SMUGGLERS' SUMMER, though I described the house pretty accurately, I did add a secret passage. Somehow it also turned up in Mistletoe and Murder...

This is the original cover of Mistletoe and Murder. Though somewhat murky, and apparently showing a summer scene, it is a picture of the actual house where the story is set, Cotehele, though I called it Brockdene, so as not to upset surviving family members NOT related to the odd goings-on that Christmas of 1923.

E-book edition

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The Bloody Tower review

10/03/2011

There's a nice review of The Bloody Tower on the Criminal History website.
<www.criminal-history.co.uk/page12.html>

Click on New Reviews, then on Golden Age.

And explore the rest of the site--lots of good stuff here.

Daisy on Kindle

09/10/2011

If you've been looking for Daisy on Kindle, I've just discovered (thanks to a reader) that two of the books are listed separately from the rest if you go to Kindle Shop--Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries. Look for Damsel in Distress and Dead in the Water separately, by title. Still having problems over the first 4 :-(

For some reason, this cover doesn't appear on Amazon.

Nook has Dead in the Water on the list but Damsel separately. Go figure!

Missing Daisies

07/25/2011

Today my UK publisher fills in the last gap in the Daisy series with GUNPOWDER PLOT and THE BLOODY TOWER.

Available at all bookshops in the UK, and in the US at Seattle Mystery Bookshop or online at TheBookDepository

Booklist review: Anthem for Doomed Youth

03/04/2011

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DCI Alec Fletcher receives a high-profile case with orders to solve it quickly and keep his wife, Daisy Dalrymple, away from the investigation. Since Daisy will be heading off to visit their daughter at her boarding school, this should not be a problem. Unfortuately, Daisy’s daughter, Belinda, and her friends encounter a body in the maze at the public garden, leaving Daisy and her friend Sakari Prasad to speculate about the murder and ponder whether it could be related to Alec’s case, which centers on the discovery of three bodies in Epping Forest. The victims all served in the same company during WWI, and their deaths may be related to wartime events. Dunn’s striking portrait of Daisy continues to remind readers that there were strong women with careers in England during the 1920s—and women who successfully balanced work and parenthood. As always, Dunn combines an entertaining story with fascinating historical material.

— Barbara Bibel

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Signing in Salem

12/06/2009

I'm going to be signing in Salem Saturday, Dec 19: Borders on Lancaster at 2:30. Signing with me will be LJ Sellers, author of Secrets to Die For http://www.ljsellers.com/