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During a Guy Fawkes gathering in rural England, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her husband Alec, a Scotland Yard detective, uncover a puzzling suicide amid family riddles and a visiting Australian guest, setting the stage for a quiet mystery.
First publish date: September 19, 2006
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Carola Dunn
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