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Gunpowder Plot
- A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Series: Daisy Dalrymple, Book 15
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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>In July of 1923, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple travels to Henley-on-Thames to visit her aunt and uncle, as well as to work on her latest writing assignment: covering the Henley Royal Regatta for an American magazine. Daisy plans a simple trip researching her article, enjoying the races, and, come the weekend, having a pleasant time with her fiancé, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard. But the tensions between the Ambrose team's coxswain, Horace Bott - a shopkeeper's son and scholarship student at Oxford - and rower Basil DeLancey - the younger son of an earl and all-around bounder - are constantly threatening to erupt into violence.
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In spring a young man’s fancy will turn to love, and the Honorable Phillip Petrie is no exception. Daisy’s chum is totally smitten with Miss Gloria Arbuckle, daughter of a millionaire Yank. But before the enthusiastic suitor can pop the question, his beloved is abducted. As a distraught Mr. Arbuckle begins assembling the ransom, Phillip enlists Daisy to help him recover his missing sweetheart.
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Publisher's Summary
In the winter of 1924, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher travels to a school friend's house to witness the estate's famous Guy Fawkes celebration. But she gets more than the quiet weekend at the quaint family manse that she was originally hoping for.
The home is the site of some severe family tension. The Viscount and head of the family is a strict and unyielding sort, insisting that everyone - especially his children - meet his own unreasonable expectations. On the evening of the Guy Fawkes celebration, the Viscount is found dead on the floor of his study, killed by his own hand. What's more, he apparently first killed a guest - a married woman visiting England from Australia - before turning the gun on himself.
Now it's up to Alec Fletcher, Daisy's husband and a DCI of Scotland Yard, to unravel the mystery and the long-held family secrets that led to this state of affairs. But a solution will require, perhaps, more than a little help from Daisy herself.
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- Victoria J. Mejia-Gewe
- 02-08-17
A great Daisy Dalrymple book
Daisy goes to visit the estate of a school friend to cover their special Guy Fawkes celebration, complete with a bonfire and guy and a big fireworks show. But when she gets there, not all is well with the family.
Then Jack, her friend's brother, makes the mistake of inviting an Australian couple they meet at a pub to their home for their large Guy Fawkes party, upsetting his parents, social snobs. But is that the only reason they are unhappy? As the fireworks show concludes, Jack finds his father and Mrs. Gooch dead, apparently with Lord Tyndall's having murdered the lady before committing suicide, causing Alec, her Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector husband, to come to the case, when he learns an explosive secret within the family.
The solution to this book was well-written and a surprise ending.
I was a bit disappointed by the narration, as Lucy Rayner can't do a credible Australian accent and mispronounced several words. But I'm so thrilled to be able to listen to this book that I don't mind!
This was an excellent book that I listened to straight through from start to finish because I couldn't put it down!
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- Beatrice
- 11-18-20
5 stars
Gunpowder Plot is another entertaining and enjoyable cozy mystery in the Daisy Dalrymple series. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one in this series.
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- Akhila Nandgopal
- 03-06-18
Predictable But still a fan!
Daisy is a wonderful peron and I enjoy every bit of her! The mysteries are not the most complex but the writing and narration are fun and I love them while working!
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- PATRICIA MCCOOL
- 04-18-17
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Lucy Raynor is my favorite!!
love the characters and how she brings them to life! keep up the good work.
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- Kathi
- 09-22-20
Unbearable narration
Not a lot to review here. I have read some of this series in book form. Recommend others go with that. The narration here is so bad, that I was cringing, unable to focus on the story.
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- reviewerz
- 07-08-19
Well recommended
Strong book in a charming series with well developed characters, lush settings, elegant writing. Plot in this book not as well done as in other books in the series.
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- bigdjunta
- 01-24-18
Best one yet.
I finished this book in one day. The plot was very interesting and I hadn't guessed the culprit until the end of the book (which rarely is the case for me.) Secondary characters are being fleshed out and Daisy was much less annoying. I enjoy the narrator EXCEPT for the fact that she sometimes gets into this sing-song tone for Daisy which REALLY gets on my nerves. The story itself had more depth and feeling than her previous stories. I could really feel the emotion come off the page and I felt real empathy for the characters and what they were going through. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
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- bharblin
- 12-20-17
One of the Best
Daisy is always astute. And somehow she never is in the shadow of her husband when it comes to finding out ‘who dunnit’ . This book has a complicated but understandable weaving of possible villains. Much fun. Well narrated.
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- Firemad
- 11-07-18
Always a delight but 1 annoying mispronunciation
Lucy Rayner is by far the best performer of this series, but the occasional American mispronunciation creeps in. This can usually be ignored, but unfortunately in this book it was the surname of one if the main couples. Gooch - pronounces Goosh throughout. So annoying and very distracting. However, other than that a delightful listen as always.
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- Kerry
- 03-12-17
Nice story but some cringe worthy regional accents
Not a bad story but some cringe worthy regional accents. reasonable Welsh but dreadful Midlands accent.