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The three famous actresses create a captivating crime fighting trio, their different ages adding to the inclusive experience. Stimulating and rewarding, this novel thoroughly deserves its LoveReading Star Book award, we can highly recommend joining The Three Dahlias.
I will admit that I pulled my crime solving hat on and rubbed my hands with glee as I read the invitation list and took in the plan of the house and grounds. When fictional death turns into real bodies, can the three Dahlias find the answers to the murders among the fans, the film crew and the family – or even in Lettice’s books themselves?This start to a new series arrives in bells and whistles style, teamed with a smart plot and glorious characters you have an absolute joy of a read in your hands.
Each actress has her own interpretation of the character and her own secrets to hide – but this English summer weekend they will have to put aside their differences as the crimes at Aldermere turn anything but cosy.I adored the setting and backstory, it anchored me in place while understanding of the connections and relationships grew. It’s about the people, and very much like Knives Out, about the relationships between the people and where the hidden stress points are.
Three rival actresses team up to solve a murder at the stately home of Lettice Davenport, the author whose sleuthing creation of the 1930s, Dahlia Lively, had made each of them famous to a new generation. Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy, I was sold from the front cover ‘It wouldn’t be a country house weekend without a little murder’!
But along the way, what makes the story fun is the way that these women, literally set up to be rivals at every turn, band together in an unusual bond of sisterhood. A contemporary mystery with a Golden Age feel, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Jessica Fellowes. It’s a lovely little mystery, very atmospheric as a murder at a fan convention (my favorite in this vein is STILL Bimbos of the Death Sun), and as an homage to the Golden Age of Mystery and as a classic country-house murder all rolled into one. In attendance: the VIP fans, staying at Aldermere; the fan club president turned convention organiser; the team behind the newest movie adaptation of Davenport's books; the Davenport family themselves - and the three actresses famous for portraying Lettice's 1930s detective, Dahlia Lively.
There are several stately homes up and down the country that could have inspired the one in the book. Ex-child star Posy Starling is finally filming her dream role - Dahlia Lively in The Lady Detective movie. But it’s her three brilliant protagonists which are the stars (literally) of the show – three very different actresses, who have each played the same detective character at one point in their lives and are brought together to solve a crime.An affectionate homage to the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and a wry nod to our continuing fascination with it. Each actress has her own interpretation of the character – but this English summer weekend they will have to put aside their differences, as the crimes at Aldermere turns anything but cosy. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.
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