A murder during the performance of Verdi's Requiem disrupts a pleasant afternoon for Daisy Dalrymple and Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher. Bettina Westlea, singing the mezzo role, falls dead on stage from cyanide poisoning. With many suspects and few clues, Daisy takes it upon herself to investigate the murder. Can they catch the murderer before it's too late?

A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries, 3)

Requiem for a Mezzo

Set in 1920s England, a nation barely starting to recover from World War I and now undergoing rapid social changes, Carola Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries follow the investigations of a charming, vivacious, and perspicacious writer whose sleuthing skills help Scotland Yard's Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher brings murderers to justice. "Dunn's fo…