Name: The Winter Garden Mystery
Rating: 4.071428571428571 (7 reviews)
ISBN: 9781575667515

Carola Dunn

While on assignment at gloomy Occles Hall, which is under the charge of the autocratic Lady Valeria, Daisy Dalrymple discovers the body of a missing parlor maid buried in the garden and must unearth a killer before she meets the same fate. Reprint.

The Winter Garden Mystery

Delightful murder mystery full of delightful characters. I'd like to read more of the series now.

Nicole Hobson

Connor 

I definitely enjoyed this more than the first--I think because the mystery was rather less convoluted and therefore more interesting? But probably also because I accurately predicted some of the plot twists, but never felt like this detracted from the experience.

So who put the body in with the spring bulbs?The merest hint of spring has arrived in Cheshire, and so has young reporter Daisy Dalrymple. The feisty flappers visit is a breath of fresh air for gloomy Occles Hall. But while photographing the rather barren grounds, Daisy spots that someones been digging among the first green shoots and much to her horror unearths the corpse of missing parlour maid Grace Moss.So begins an extraordinary adventure, as first the dead womans shocking secret is revealed and then Daisy swiftly realizes she needs to catch the killer before she herself is left pushing up the daisies . . .Praise for the Daisy Dalrymple series:Manners (P G Wodehouse-style) and mystery get equal time in a low-key story with considerable charm. Kirkus ReviewsEngaging . . . Dunns style gives an entertaining spark. Publishers Weekly

Winter Garden Mystery

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Samantha Armstrong

In England, 1923, The Honorable Daisy Dalrymple has made a decision that, while shocking to her class, is in perfect keeping with the spirit of the times. Rather than live with relatives until she marries, she has decided to make her own living with her writing. Her series of articles on country manor homes has proven to be a success, and she travels to Occles Hall to research her latest piece. What she finds is a household under the thumb of the ill-tempered and demanding Lady Valeria. And the discovery of the body of a pregnant maid buried in the winter garden does nothing to improve Lady Valeria's mood. A young Welsh under-gardener is arrested for the crime but Daisy is sure of his innocence. Wary of the air of secrecy that permeates Occles Hall, Daisy convinces Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard to investigate further - a murder that is more complex and horrifying than either could have imagined.

The Winter Garden Mystery

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