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Fall of a Philanderer

A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery

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Fall of a Philanderer

By: Carola Dunn
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
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About this listen

 In the summer of 1924, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is off on a holiday by the sea with her step-daughter Belinda, Belinda's chum Deva, and Daisy's husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard. Daisy is anticipating a relaxing, nondramatic holiday. But Daisy doesn't have that kind of luck.

It seems that a low-rent Don Juan has been busily seducing the local womenfolk, and, in a town this small, no secret is kept for long. When the Fletchers' picnic is interrupted by the discovery of a broken body at the foot of the cliff, that of the philandering local innkeeper, the unflappable Daisy Dalrymple finds herself embroiled in a mystery.

In the continuation of her popular series, Carola Dunn vividly evokes the life and times of 1920s England, wrapped in a classic mystery to delight her many fans.

©2005 Carola Dunn (P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks Detective Mystery Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Celebration Cosy

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Critic reviews

"A lively historical cozy." ( Library Journal)
"Replete with well-drawn characters, snappy dialogue, and interesting plot twists...a charming series." ( Booklist)
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American narration sits oddly with this story about the English upper class Daisy Dalrymple. There is little character development, and the plot is disappointing.

Disappointing

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Good story most enjoyable few English words mispronounced such as coxswain which was irritating

pleasant book

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Continuing to enjoy the books and shall be sorry when they come to an end

Another great story

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Love the series, an old favourite -accent just a little off and took time to listen too is my only regret, but I’ll listen to more of her reading, I like her style

Great story

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Easy story but terrible narration. Why did they change the reader no flow and such a bad assent

Enjoyed the story

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I liked the story, well thought out and interesting characters. What I disliked was the fact that though set in an English seaside village, the narrator couldn’t pronounce the words coxswain, lever, shone, coffee etc without showing her American accent. What a shame! Very annoying. But a good story.

American narrator

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Not really - there are better detective writers

What other book might you compare Fall of a Philanderer to, and why?

The Victorian murder mysteries by Emily Brightwell. They are lightweight stories.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Bernadette Dunne?

Not unless she was reading an American book.

Did Fall of a Philanderer inspire you to do anything?

No

Any additional comments?

The narration, as previous reviews have said, is really not up to scratch. This is obviously an American trying to 'do' an English accent. For instance she will insist on doing a long 'a' in the belief that that will make for an English, rather than American pronunciation. It was very irritating and really spoiled what might have been a jolly little story.

Story not bad - pity about the reader

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I listen to these stories while I do the homework and usually don’t follow the characters two closely as they’re extremely 2D but this story invested a little more in shaping the characters and was much more interesting for it.

A lovely little story

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dreadful mispronunciations. would it have been so very hard to get an English reader.

enjoyable story but.......

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characterisation will developed, consistent. Story complex but totally believable. Narrator excellent,. Recommended read. Author evokes a holiday environment vividly. I enjoy rereading this book.

Thoroughly enjoyable story.

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