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A review by wealhtheow
Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn
3.0
The Honorable Daisy Dalrymple writes magazine articles for a living and for fun, pokes her nose into the cases of her friend, Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard. In this, the third book of the series, the attraction between Daisy and Alec continues to deepen while they sort out their class differences. This book is ostensibly about the murder investigation of an unpleasant opera singer, but the mystery is so far from thrilling that only my affection for the main characters kept me reading. If you liked the first two books about Daisy, you might as well read this one, but don't expect too much.
I don't mean to damn it with faint praise--I enjoyed reading this, and the writing has a cozy charm all its own. But I realized as I wrote this review that a week after reading it, I couldn't really remember the plot and had, in fact, utterly forgotten who the murderer was.
I don't mean to damn it with faint praise--I enjoyed reading this, and the writing has a cozy charm all its own. But I realized as I wrote this review that a week after reading it, I couldn't really remember the plot and had, in fact, utterly forgotten who the murderer was.