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In April 1925, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, a mother of twins, reignites her journalism career by covering the Tower of London. As she tours the Crown Jewels, meets the Yeoman Warders and the Raven Master, and witnesses the ceremonial Ceremony of the Keys, Daisy is invited to stay overnight—a rarity for someone away from her babies. The next morning, she narrowly avoids a fallen stair and then discovers a yeoman warder’s corpse, its back pierced by a halberd. With her husband, Scotland Yard Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, tasked with the investigation, Daisy finds herself entwined in a perplexing murder case that threatens her newfound journalistic pursuits.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Carola Dunn
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