Carola Dunn

When a claimant to the title of Lord Darlymple comes to an unexpected sticky end, the cry goes up: 'was it murder?' The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple is recruited by her cousin Edgar to help him find the next heir to the viscountcy. With the involvement of the family lawyer, they come up with four claimants who, along with Daisy, are invited to Fairac

Daisy's hot on the trail of a murdered writer! September 1926, and Daisy's in Derbyshire, visiting an old school friend who's currently employed by a novelist as his personal secretary. Sylvia Richmond has asked Daisy to investigate discreetly as she suspects something is seriously amiss with him.

Eleanor Trewynn is a retired widow who has moved to the small village of Port Mabyn. Neither frail nor retiring, after a lifetime of travelling the world, she's ready for an uneventful life with her dog and friends in this quiet town.

In 1924 Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher travels to a friend's home to witness the estate's famous Guy Fawkes celebration. However, she gets more than she bargained for - family tensions, murder and an apparent suicide. Originally published: New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006

Sharing Brussels lodgings with a penniless officer and his admirable sister, Fanny, the impoverished Felix, Lord Roworth is courting Lady Sophia, a well-dowered beauty.