With dashing Scotland Yard detective Alec Fletcher at her side, Daisy Dalrymple is enjoying a splendid performance of Verdi's Requiem featuring her neighbour Muriel Westlea's celebrated sister, Bettina. But the show comes to an abrupt end when what emerges from the star's gifted vocal chords is literally a dying gasp. Daisy soon learns that the doomed diva was notoriously difficult and had more than her share of enemies. There's a philandering tenor, a burly Russian bass and even her own vocal coach husband, with whom she had a turbulent relationship. Did one of them poison the singer? Or was it someone determined to see that Daisy's investigation ends on as bitter a note as Bettina's last performance...?

Beautifully fun murder story.

Heading off as part of the European Wishlist Tag. Enjoy your RABCK

Received today with many thanks!!!

update of June 1st. 2014:
Well, that was a nice read again. I love that Upperclass-English of 1920. Does anyone gets called "Old Bean" these days?

Moving back to England now as it will travel to Yorkshire-lass via the European wishlist tag game. Enjoy!

Thank you for tagging me with this, I read the first in the series a little while ago and really enjoyed it. My TBR pile is massive so it may be a while until I can get to this :-)

Bumped this to the top of the pile sothat I can take it to Oxford.

Another entertaining story, light and an easy read.

Being left on the NNS table to fulfila wish :-)

Thank you so much, yorkshire-lass, for this wishlist book. What a nice surprise!

A quick read, 3rd in the series but it’s been a few years since I read #2. This is a rather simple, almost locked-room type mystery that reminded me somewhat of an Agatha Christie. I was surprised by the ending but perhaps some readers will have figured it out!

I like the 1920’s London setting. There were quite a lot of characters to keep straight, but I’m never too good at that without taking notes. And there were undercurrents of women-are-less-than-men that speaks not only to that period, but – as we’ve all seen lately – are still very much with us today. Not sure how much I like the police detective Alec. He is sort of dating Daisy, the amateur sleuth in this series, and he doesn’t want her involved in solving the mystery – except when he does (when he needs her help). His attitude sometimes comes across as condescending, but Daisy doesn’t seem to mind, so who am I to complain?

This is set in the world of opera divas, with all the competition (not only for roles but for each other’s husbands) that entails. Interesting stuff, in a way.
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Reserved for bookstogive's Mystery/Thriller.... VBB
Edit 5/17/18: Unclaimed, so this book is now available for release.

Will bring to brunch at a lovely local bookcrosser's home. Hope it finds a new reader!

Released for Keep Them Moving Challenge hosted by booklady331.



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