Rattle his Bones (Daisy Dalrymple Mystery, #8)

by Carola Dunn

As a grey drizzle descends upon the damp errand boys and busy omnibuses of London, Daisy Dalrymple is feeling rather cheerful and excited to be showing her nephew and future stepdaughter the glories of Kensington's Natural History Museum. But as closing time draws near, Daisy and Co. hear a tremendous crash and are horrified to discover one of the curators dead - horribly murdered - atop of a pile of dinosaur bones.

Together with her fiancé, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, Daisy is soon investigating a baffling case of missing gems, dispossessed European gentry, fakery and fossils... and where professional grudges boil over into murder!

• ISBN10: 184901518X
• ISBN13: 9781849015189
• Publish Date: 16 September 2010 (first published 7 June 2000)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Robinson Publishing
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 272
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

Daisy just can't get on with her life without a body getting in the way. There she was doing a piece about he Natural History Museum, when one of the Curators is found dead, murdered. She gets involved in the case along with Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, who realises that no matter what he says she will get involved.

It felt like a bridging novel, where the author wanted to get Daisy and Alec to agree to a quick wedding but wasn't sure how to get the characters there; and I several of the other characters didn't come to life like in previous books. Not bad, could do better.

[MurderByDeath]

A great mystery with a jewel heist added to the mix. I found some of the suspects hard to keep track of (there are more than a few) but overall a very easy reading book. I love reading about Daisy and Alec, and I have to say this is probably one of my favourites in the series.