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Carola Dunn

Carola Dunn is the author of many previous mysteries featuring Daisy Dalrymple, including Superfluous Women, as well as numerous historical novels. Born and raised in England, she lives in Eugene, Oregon.

The Corpse at the Crystal Palace: New Excerpt

By Carola Dunn

A casual outing to the Crystal Palace in London takes a mysterious and murderous turn in The Corpse at the Crystal Palace, the 23rd mystery in Carola Dunn’s beloved Daisy Dalrymple series. April 1928: Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is visited in London by her young cousins. On the list of must-see sites is the Crystal Palace. Discovering…

Requiem for a Mezzo: New Excerpt

By Carola Dunn

January 17, 2017

Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn is the 3rd book in the Daisy Dalrymple series, now beautifully reprinted in paperback! (Available January 31, 2017) England, 1923: The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple attends a performance of Verdi’s Requiem with Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard. The tickets were a gift from Muriel Westlea, Daisy’s neighbor and…

Buried in the Country by Carola Dunn

Buried in the Country: New Excerpt

By Carola Dunn

December 8, 2016

Buried in the Country is book #4 in the Cornish Mystery series (Available December 13, 2016). After many years working around the world for an international charity in the late 1960s, Eleanor Trewynn has retired to the relative quiet of a small town in Cornwall. But her quiet life is short-lived when, due to her…

Mistletoe and Murder: Holiday Excerpt

By Carola Dunn

December 19, 2015

Mistletoe and Murder by Carola Dunn is the 11th installment of the Daisy Dalrymple Mystery series where the Dalrymple family's Christmas getaway is disrupted by murder. In December 1923, the formidable Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple has decided that for Christmas the family will all gather at Brockdene in Cornwall at the invitation of Lord Westmoor. Her…

Superfluous Women: New Excerpt

By Carola Dunn

June 6, 2015

Superfluous Women by Carola Dunn is the 22nd historical cozy in the Daisy Dalrymple series, where a locked-room murder leaves three of Daisy's friends as the main suspsects (available June 9, 2015). In England in the late 1920s, The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, on a convalescent trip to the countryside, goes to visit three old…

Carola Dunn, Valley of the Shadow

Valley of the Shadow: New Excerpt

By Carola Dunn

December 5, 2012

The Valley of the Shadow by Carola Dunn is the third in the traditional Cornish mystery series featuring Eleanor Trewynn (available December 11, 2012). While out on a walk, Eleanor Trewynn, her niece Megan, and her neighbor Nick spot a young, half-drowned Indian man floating in the water. Delirious and concussed, he utters a cryptic message about his…

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