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Requiem for a Mezzo

A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery

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 With dashing Scotland Yard Inspector Alec Fletcher at her side, Daisy is enjoying a delightful performance of Verdi's Requiem, featuring her neighbor Muriel Westlea's celebrated sister, Bettina. But when all that emerges from the doomed diva's vocal chords is a dying gasp, Daisy soon discovers that the notoriously difficult opera star had her share of adversaries; among them a smugly philandering tenor, a burly Russian bass, and even her own vocal coach husband, with whom she shared a hardly harmonious marriage.

Did one of them fatally poison the acclaimed mezzo? Or is someone else determined to see that Daisy's investigation ends on as bitter a note as Bettina's fateful last performance?

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Critic reviews

"Dunn describes 1920s London and the characters in detail and highlights the interplay between Alec and Daisy. A snug read." ( Library Journal)
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Yet another audio book ruined by an American trying to do British and regional British accents.

Sack the narrator

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Story is fine but not sure I am going to finish it because 3 books from this person is too much. The next book is read by someone else ... I may jump to that.

Edit to add - Book 8 has a great narrator. Save your sanity and jump to that selection!

Has the producer listened to this 'artist'?

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Apparently the narrator is award winning. I’m sure i would have made it to the end if it were not for the “sidding “ instead of sitting and “cidy” for city. Voice characterisation is awful and took away any enjoyment of the book.

Narration ruins it

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This seemed like a never ending story. Whereas the previous tales gave weight and interest to the story, this tale was just bogged down with ‘artistic temperament’. So, not my favourite.

Great continuation of the series, but…

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Really loving this series, it's gentle and the characters are great fun.

3stars on the performance because the accents are all over the place.

Very enjoyable

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