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Rattle His Bones (Daisy Dalrymple #8)
First published 2000 · 355 pages
A charming 1920s mystery where polite academic rivalries shatter into murder among the dinosaur bones.
What it feels like
Stepping into this mystery feels like wandering through the echoing, fossil-lined halls of a 1920s London museum, where genteel manners barely conceal simmering academic jealousies. The mood is distinctly cozy yet sharply observant, balancing the lighthearted charm of a family outing with the sudden, shocking intrusion of murder. The narrative unfolds at a steady, engaging pace, inviting the reader to piece together clues alongside a clever, inquisitive female journalist and her Scotland Yard fiancé. It is a world of missing gems, dispossessed royalty, and dusty professional rivalries, rendered in classic, polite prose. This book will delight readers who crave atmospheric, historical British mysteries where sharp wits and steady deduction triumph over the chaotic passions hidden beneath polite society.
- Mood
- cozy
- intriguing
- academic
- genteel
- Tone
- observant
- charming
- inquisitive
- wry
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- professional rivalry · hidden secrets · academic jealousy · amateur investigation
- The writing
- Classic, observant, and steeped in the polite but sharp-edged manners of 1920s England.
- The arc
- Moves from a pleasant, inquisitive family outing into a puzzling investigation of academic jealousy and hidden crimes.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love classic, genteel British mysteries featuring sharp-witted female journalists and atmospheric historical settings.
Content notes
- murder
About the book
In the summer of 1923, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple makes what should an uneventful research trip to the Museum of Natural History with her nephew Derek and her soon-to-be step-daughter Belinda in tow. But as she interviews the various curators for her article on the museums of London, she soon discovers that the Museum of Natural History is a hothouse of professional rivalry and jealousy, particularly between Dr. Smith Woodward, the Keeper of Geology - responsible for the fossil collection, and Dr. Pettigrew, the Keeper of Minerology -- responsible for the Museum's fabulous gem collection. On a later trip, as closing time nears, Daisy hears two voices followed by a tremendous crash and rushes into the next hall to discover Dr. Pettigrew dead - murdered amidst a pile of dinosaur bones.
Daisy's fiance, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, is assigned to investigate and together they must unravel a most baffling case of missing gems, dispossessed European royalty, professional rivalry and murder most foul.
Description from Open Library.
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