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Black Ship

A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery

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Black Ship

By: Carola Dunn
Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
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In September 1925, Scotland Yard DCI Alec Fletcher inherits a large house on the outskirts of London from a recently deceased great-uncle. Fortunately so, as he and his wife, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, are the recent proud parents of twins, and their house is practically bursting at the seams. Though in need of a bit of work, this new, larger house seems a godsend - set in a small circle of houses, with a communal garden and Hampstead Heath nearby, the setting is idyllic.

Idyllic, that is until a dead body shows up half-hidden under the bushes of the communal garden. Now rumors of bootleggers, American gangsters, and an international liquor smuggling operation via black ships have turned everything in their new neighborhood upside down. Alec is assigned by Scotland Yard to ferret out the truth behind the dastardly dead - but it's up to Daisy to find out who the dead man is, what his relationship to her new neighbors is, why he was murdered, and who did him in!

©2017 Carola Dunn (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Cosy Detective Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction England Cosy Mysteries

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Smuggling with corruption DANGERS OF UNDER COVER WORK THOUGH IN PART RINGS UNTRUE THOUGH GANG RIVALRIES
IS OBVIOUSLY TRUE

Red herrings and protection aboad in several situations

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Story OK but narrative irritating. Too sing song. I won't listen to this reader again.

Not my favourite audio book.

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Struggled to stay awake. Narator did voices and accents very well but had a sing-song pattern for reading the paragraphs

so-so

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not very impressed with the various voices DCI Fletcher sounds incredibly pompous other police common

Good listen

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better than the last ones, did not see the end coming. like how persons from previous books keep getting back

Good mysterie

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This installment in the Daisy Dalrymple series is a little different to normal. Not all of the drama happens around Daisy, or is seen through her eyes or related solely by or to her. The book nor series suffers because of this and actually gives a bit more depth overall.

Also, "listening" to DCI Fletchers ponderings on the different capabilities and skills of the men under uis command is really well done.

Definite character development occurring, not just sticking to the same write by numbers method that so many other authors do once they get a series going.

Very very good

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I love the characters but the story was a bit slow. Not one of the best!

A bit slow

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Good storyline, well read , kept my interest,good author enjoying her series of mystery stories

Enjoyable story

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Finally a story that has an appropriate narrator to do all four UK accents correctly. And thus the only one I have been able to finish!!

Finally a DDalrymple story that is well narrated

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Really enjoyed this story. Loved how it all drew together in the end.
The narrator really improved compared to last books thank you!

Much better

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