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The Corpse at the Crystal Palace
- The Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries, Book 23
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
Daisy Dalrymple is back - when a casual outing to the Crystal Palace in London takes a mysterious and murderous turn.
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 that her children's nanny, Nanny Gilpin, has never seen the Palace, Daisy decides to make a day of it - bringing her cousins, her three-year-old twins, her step-daughter Belinda, the nurserymaid, and Nanny Gilpin. Yet this ordinary outing goes wrong when Mrs. Gilpin goes off to the ladies room and fails to return. When Daisy goes to look for her, she doesn't find her nanny but instead the body of another woman dressed in a nanny's uniform.
Meanwhile, Belinda and the cousins spot Mrs. Gilpin chasing after yet another nanny. Intrigued, they trail the two through the vast Crystal Palace and into the park. After briefly losing sight of their quarry, they stumble across Mrs. Gilpin lying unconscious in a small lake inhabited by huge concrete dinosaurs.
When she comes to, Mrs. Gilpin can't remember what happened after leaving the twins in the nurserymaid's care. Daisy's husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the murdered nanny. Worried about her children's own injured nanny, Daisy is determined to help. First she has to discover the identity of the third nanny, the presumed murderer, and to do so, Daisy must uncover why the amnesic Mrs. Gilpin deserted her charges to follow the missing third nanny.
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- M J Milbourn
- 03-03-23
Most enjoyable
I thoroughly enjoy these stories. The characters are well drawn and interesting with believable interplay - marvellous
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- MVW
- 18-09-23
Bravo Daisy D (Mrs F); another great story.
Just such easy listening, although the Scottish accent in the one was a little rough. I hope Daisy returns for more sleuthing.
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- Lynne M Burke
- 09-03-23
Really enjoyed it
This book has a good story and fascinating characters I have come to consider friends!
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- Mrs. C. Hunt
- 05-11-21
The Corpse at the Crystal Palace
Another brilliant story with nice amount of fun and laughter along the way. Read brilliantly again by Lucy Rayner.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-06-22
love it
I love these stories and the series. The narrator really brings the characters to life.
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- Snoopy
- 29-02-24
Brilliant story
The story was gripping all the way through. The only downside was the chief inspectors voice was terrible!
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- ANN OLDFIELD
- 18-11-21
It has come to an end. Bye dearest Daisy :'(
Absolutely enchanting and thoroughly thought out storylines. I might have to revisit the whole series SOON 💖💖💖💖💖
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- Carrie
- 01-10-23
Sad to end the series
Good story with interesting historical facts. An odd way to end a 23 book series though, just when the narrator was doing so well!
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- Happy
- 26-01-22
Entertaining light hearted read.
Having listened to all the Daisy Dalrimple books . I can say I found them very pleasantly entertaining. They mix the subject of murder with an interesting insight into the early half of the twentieth century and how life was then , very different from today. The only slightly annoying thing is the odd pronunciation of some of the words, I could not make up my mind whether the narrator was trying to be ultra posh or had never heard the word. I did get used to the narration.
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- Christine
- 29-06-23
Still spoilt by narration
Such a shame that these sweet undemanding books are still spoilt by the mispronunciation, incorrect word uses and Americanisms. Don’t start me on accents and men’s voices!
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