num_pages: 243
description: 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. 
language: English
title: Rattle His Bones
titlecomplete: Rattle His Bones (Daisy Dalrymple, #8)
characters: Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, Detective Sergeant Tom Tring, Daisy Dalrymple, Detective Constable Ernie Piper
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, Cozy Mystery, Adult, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 3170
places: London, England
series: Daisy Dalrymple
publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur