Damsel in distress : a Daisy Dalrymple mystery

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Title:

Damsel in distress : a Daisy Dalrymple mystery

Author:

Dunn, Carola, author.

Series:

Daisy Dalrymple mystery ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"When Philip Petrie's fiancee Gloria, the daughter of an American millionaire, is kidnapped, he turns to Daisy Dalrymple to find the kidnappers and rescue his love from their clutches." -- Amazom.com.

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

234 p. ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

Romance fiction.

Subject Term:

Dalrymple, Daisy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

Women journalists -- Fiction.

Kidnapping -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- Fiction.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Publication Date:

1997

ISBN:

9780312168063

Publication Information:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.

Call Number:

DUNN

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607001561169	Adult Fiction	DUNN Carola	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

In the spring of 1923, the Honourable Philip Petrie meets the woman of his dreams, Gloria Arbuckle, an American and daughter of a millionaire. One day, Philip, Gloria, and her father are attacked and Gloria seized. Released by the kidnappers, Petrie turns to the formidable Daisy Dalrymple. Warned by the kidnappers not to go to the police, Daisy must solve a most perplexing crime before it is too late.

Author Notes

Carola Dunn was born in England on November 14, 1946. She received a B.A. in Russian and French from Manchester University and took a secretarial course for graduates at Oxford Tech. She traveled to numerous places around the world including Samoa and Fiji before getting married and settling in California. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she worked in child-care, market research, construction, and wrote definitions for a science and technology dictionary. Her first book, Toblethorpe Manor, was published in 1979. Since then, she has written over 50 books including more than 30 Regency romances and the Daisy Dalrymple mystery series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In her latest adventure, Daisy Dalrymple, Dunn's engaging 1920s British journalist last seen in Murder on the Flying Scotsman (1997), takes on a gang of kidnappers. Her young friend Philip is motoring in the country with his new ladylove, American Gloria Arbuckle, when they're captured by thugs. Philip is set free near the Dalrymple country manor and immediately contacts Daisy in London to ask for her help in rescuing Gloria. The young woman's millionaire father, adamant about following the kidnappers' instructions not to involve the police, begins to raise the demanded ransom while Daisy devises a scheme to ferret out Gloria's whereabouts and snatch her back. She summons a group of her London friends to the manor but doesn't include her Scotland Yard detective heartthrob Alec Fletcher, whose presence would jeopardize her plan. Under the guise of a house party, Daisy sends her guests off on a treasure hunt to find clues pertaining to recent strangersparticularly Americansin the countryside. Although Alec, suspicious at being left out, crashes the party and endangers her plan, Daisy prevails once more. Mysteries don't get much campier than this, but Dunn's style gives an entertaining spark to the light plot. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Library Journal Review

In 1923, a rich American and his daughter, Gloria, travel to England looking for investment opportunities. Gloria meets and falls for titled Philip, but kidnappers seize her. Philip then asks friend (and series sleuth) Daisy Dalrymple for assistance. Another charmer. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.