
Daisy Dalrymple’s country-house visit to research architectural follies becomes a cozy 1920s murder mystery of manners and class.
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Daisy Dalrymple’s country-house visit to research architectural follies becomes a cozy 1920s murder mystery of manners and class.
In March of 1926, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her friend and collaborator Lucy aka Lady Gerald, visit Appsworth, reputedly the best grotto in the country, for a book of follies -- architectural. Tactless Lord Rydal is rumored to be having an affair with one guest and pursuing marriage with another. The grotto then explodes with unlikable Lord Rydal inside.
will contain mild spoilers
Affair rumors and marriage pursuit as light plot background; no explicit sex.
Murder by grotto explosion; investigation of death without graphic gore.
No evidence found in available sources
Likely period social drinking at a country-house gathering; not central.
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonology content present
Class distinctions and manners; brief derogatory Native American remark.
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Romantic coercion/affair intrigue; murder victim; no graphic abuse.
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