Book Review: To Davy Jones Below

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

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Carola Dunn
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Historical   Woman Main Character
Series: Daisy Dalyrmple # 9
St. Martin's, Apr 2001, $22.95, 248 pp.

The day finally arrives when Scotland Yard's Detective Constable Alec Fletcher marries the Honorable Daisy Dalyrymple. As the reception goes on much later than expected, the newlyweds anxiously await leaving for their two week honeymoon. Before they can escape, Alec's boss informs him that upon his return, he will go to America with Daisy to teach J. Edgar Hoover how to run a clean federal law enforcement organization.

When the newlyweds board the Talevera, they expect an extension of their glorious honeymoon. However, that dream changes when someone is swept overboard and Lady Brenda insists he was pushed. The man is rescued, but two more individuals are pushed into the sea in what are deliberate murder attempts. Reluctantly, Alec leads the investigation with Daisy "assisting" him in her unorthodox manner.

TO DAVY JONES BELOW is an exciting mystery with enough romance so that the novel contains cross-genre appeal. All the key characters seem three- dimensional and the ship's population serves as a floating contained neighborhood. Carola Dunn paints a charming picture of life between the World Wars. It also provides the audience with a detailed glimpse into a bygone era that even then was slowly fading.

Harriet Klausner

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