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Daisy Kindled and Nooked

05/14/2012

DEATH AT WENTWATER COURT, the first Daisy Dalrymple mystery, will be out as a Kindle e-book on May 15. The second, THE WINTER GARDEN MYSTERY, is already out for both Kindle and Nook.

Still no sign of Requiem for a Mezzo or Murder on the Flying Scotsman, but I'm beginning to believe they will actually appear sooner or later. It's been a long wait!

They're using the old hardcover art:

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GONE WEST release Jan. 17th

01/16/2012

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Gone West--Tomorrow is the day!

Kirkus: *

Booklist: Dunn has once again written a charming cozy featuring an intelligent, strong woman. A treat for Daisy’s fans

Publishers Weekly: Dunn’s charming 20th Daisy Dalrymple mystery

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The Joys of Research

01/14/2012

I don't think I posted this link here before--my blog on Murderous Musings about The joys of research. It's some fascinating and amusing stuff I found when I was writing GONE WEST (out Jan. 17th), the next Daisy mystery.

Take a look and make sure you click on the link to the Smedley's Hydro handbook. Health spa a la 1920s!

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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Gloria or Belinda?

11/21/2011

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I've been doing a lot of research about the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) and HM Coast Guard, for the Cornish mystery I'm currently writing. Here is a link to an inspiring slide-show about the RNLI:
http://rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/rnli_history/rnli_through_time/

Above, an RNLI D-class inshore lifeboat, similar to the one stationed in Port Isaac in Eleanor's time, and below, the present Port Isaac lifeboat.

Photo credit: RNLI/Bob Bulgin

Here's a video of one in action. No wonder Megan felt queasy.

http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/press_centre/videos/video_detail?articleid=321838&category=&region=&listing=

Photo credit: RNLI Tynemouth

And a larger all-weather boat from Padstow, seen launching here:

Credit: RNLI, Padstow

This is the Oakley class all-weather boat that was in use at Padstow at the time of my story

I have to name the two boats. I'm calling the all-weather boat the Daisy D. I started out naming the inshore inflatable the Gloria, but then I thought maybe she should be Belinda, to go with Daisy.

What do you think? Is it too obvious? Too cutesy? Or a nice reminder of the Daisy Dalrymple series and Daisy's stepdaughter? Do please leave a comment and let me know your opinion.

Here's a pic I've just found of an inflatable inshore boat used in 1972.

Photo credit: RNLI

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Starred review in Kirkus

11/01/2011

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Starred review in Kirkus for GONE WEST :-)

* "Dunn (Anthem for Doomed Youth, 2011, etc.) adds another winner to a long string of charming mysteries evocative of the period between the Great Wars." Kirkus

Available now for pre-order. Comes out in US in January (hardcover, Nook/Kindle) and UK in February.

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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.

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

Missing Daisies now available in UK

07/18/2011

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Or should it be missing Daisys, as it's a proper name?

Be that as it may, today Die Laughing, A Mourning Wedding, and Fall of a Philanderer came out in the UK.