Anthem for Doomed YouthAnthem for Doomed Youth
a Daisy Dalrymple Mystery
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Current format, Book, 2011, 1st ed, Available .In the spring of 1926, the corpses of three men are found in shallow graves off the beaten path in Epping Forest ouside of London. Called in to lead the investigation, DCI Alec fletcher of Scotland Yard is under urgent orders from his supervisor at the Yark to accomplish two things: solve the mystery quickly, and keep his wife, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher far away from the case.
Warned away from a triple-homicide case in the spring of 1926, Daisy Dalrymple insinuates herself into the mystery to help her husband, DCI Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, to uncover a disturbing link between the victims.
Warned away from a triple-homicide case in the spring of 1926, Daisy Dalrymple insinuates herself into the mystery to help her husband, DCI Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, to uncover a disturbing link between the victims. 20,000 first printing.
In the Spring of 1926, the corpses of three men are found in shallow graves off the beaten path in Epping Forest outside of London—each shot through the heart and bearing no identification. DCI Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, the lead detective, is immediately given two urgent orders by his supervisor at the Yard: solve the murders quickly and keep his wife, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, away from the case! Thankfully, Daisy’s off visiting their daughter at school. But when a teacher is found dead, Daisy is once again in the thick of it. As Daisy tries to solve one murder, Alec discovers that the three victims in his case were in the same Army company during World War I, that their murders are likely related to specific events that unfolded during that tragic conflict, and that, unless the killer is revealed and stopped, those three might only be the beginning.
Warned away from a triple-homicide case in the spring of 1926, Daisy Dalrymple insinuates herself into the mystery to help her husband, DCI Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, to uncover a disturbing link between the victims.
Warned away from a triple-homicide case in the spring of 1926, Daisy Dalrymple insinuates herself into the mystery to help her husband, DCI Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, to uncover a disturbing link between the victims. 20,000 first printing.
In the Spring of 1926, the corpses of three men are found in shallow graves off the beaten path in Epping Forest outside of London—each shot through the heart and bearing no identification. DCI Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, the lead detective, is immediately given two urgent orders by his supervisor at the Yard: solve the murders quickly and keep his wife, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, away from the case! Thankfully, Daisy’s off visiting their daughter at school. But when a teacher is found dead, Daisy is once again in the thick of it. As Daisy tries to solve one murder, Alec discovers that the three victims in his case were in the same Army company during World War I, that their murders are likely related to specific events that unfolded during that tragic conflict, and that, unless the killer is revealed and stopped, those three might only be the beginning.
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