Sheer folly
By: Carola Dunn
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780750533027
Subjects: Women authors; Daisy Dalrymple (Fictitious character); Large type books; History; Manors; Fiction
Description: In March of 1926, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her friend and collaborator Lucy (a.k.a. Lady Gerald) head off for several days at a stately home reputed to have the best grotto in the country. Working on a book of follies (architectural), they plan to research and photograph it. Leaving her husband and young twins behind, Daisy is expecting a productive weekend at Appsworth Hall, with the only potential difficulty being keeping Lucy from offending the current owner, a manufacturer of plumbing products. Alas, it's not to be quite so simple. At the home, they find themselves faced with a curious assortment of people including the abominable, tactless Lord Rydal, who is rumoured to be having an affair with one of the guests while at the same time in ardent and artless pursuit of the hand in marriage of another. When the grotto explodes with Lord Rydal in it, it's not a question of who would do it--as most who've met him would be sorely tempted--but who actually did do it.
Notes: Originally published: London: Robinson, 2009.