Pregnant Daisy Dalrymple visits a Cotswolds estate for Guy Fawkes Night, where fireworks and family tensions end in murder.
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Pregnant Daisy Dalrymple visits a Cotswolds estate for Guy Fawkes Night, where fireworks and family tensions end in murder.
In the winter of 1924, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and husband Alec, Scotland Yard DCI, celebrate Guy Fawkes with a country friend. On the evening before, the overly-demanding Viscount apparently shot himself in his study, after a married woman guest visiting England from Australia.
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Married protagonists; mild affection typical of cozy period mysteries
Shooting death and murder investigation; little graphic detail
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Social drinking at 1920s country-house gatherings
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Historical Bonfire Night and Gunpowder Plot references
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Light background of 1920s English class and society
Apparent suicide by gunshot is central to the mystery
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