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Daisy Dalrymple Books in Order

Daisy Dalrymple by Carola Dunn contains 25 books, published between 1994 and 2019. The first book is Death at Wentwater Court (1994) and the newest is The Corpse at the Crystal Palace (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1994–2019
Confirmed
23 of 25 titles
Pages on record
6,120 in 22 of 25 books
Reading time
102–153 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,120 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

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Daisy Dalrymple is a historical mystery series set in England, with a woman journalist of that name as the investigator. Death at Wentwater Court (1994) opens the run, and 25 catalogued books reach The Corpse at the Crystal Palace in 2019. Carola Dunn writes the series, in which Daisy Dalrymple marries into the police and keeps finding murders.

How many Daisy Dalrymple books are there?

Daisy Dalrymple has 25 books, released between 1994 and 2019.

Daisy Dalrymple Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Daisy Dalrymple books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn, book 1 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (1994)
  2. Cover of The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn, book 2 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (1995)
  3. Cover of Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn, book 3 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (1996)
  4. Cover of Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Carola Dunn, book 4 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (1996)
  5. Cover of Damsel in Distress by Carola Dunn, book 5 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (1997)
  6. Cover of Dead in the Water by Carola Dunn, book 6 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (1998)
  7. Cover of Styx and Stones by Carola Dunn, book 7 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (1999)
  8. Cover of Rattle His Bones by Carola Dunn, book 8 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2000)
  9. Cover of To Davy Jones Below by Carola Dunn, book 9 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2001)
  10. Cover of The Case of the Murdered Muckraker by Carola Dunn, book 10 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2002)
  11. Cover of Mistletoe and Murder by Carola Dunn, book 11 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2002)
  12. Cover of Die Laughing by Carola Dunn, book 12 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2003)
  13. Cover of A Mourning Wedding by Carola Dunn, book 13 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2004)
  14. Cover of Fall of a Philanderer by Carola Dunn, book 14 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2005)
  15. Cover of Gunpowder Plot by Carola Dunn, book 15 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2006)
  16. Cover of The Bloody Tower by Carola Dunn, book 16 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2007)
  17. Cover of Black Ship by Carola Dunn, book 17 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2008)
  18. Cover of Sheer Folly by Carola Dunn, book 18 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2009)
  19. Cover of Gone West by Carola Dunn, book 22 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2012)
  20. Cover of Heirs of the Body by Carola Dunn, book 23 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2013)
  21. Cover of Superfluous Women by Carola Dunn, book 24 of the Daisy Dalrymple series (2015)
  1. 1
    Death at Wentwater Court1994 · 252 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994252
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  2. 2
    The Winter Garden Mystery1995 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995256
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  3. 3
    Requiem for a Mezzo1996 · 249 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996249
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  4. 4
    Murder on the Flying Scotsman1996 · 251 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996251
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  5. 5
    Damsel in Distress1997 · 267 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997267
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  6. 6
    Dead in the Water1998 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998256
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  7. 7
    Styx and Stones1999 · 255 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999255
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  8. 8
    Rattle His Bones2000 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000256
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  9. 9
    To Davy Jones Below2001 · 254 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001254
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  10. 10
    The Case of the Murdered Muckraker2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002256
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  11. 11
    Mistletoe and Murder2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002256
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  12. 12
    Die Laughing2003 · 299 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003299
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  13. 13
    A Mourning Wedding2004 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004256
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  14. 14
    Fall of a Philanderer2005 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005352
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  15. 15
    Gunpowder Plot2006 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006272
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  16. 16
    The Bloody Tower2007 · 259 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007259
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  17. 17
    Black Ship2008 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008294
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  18. 18
    Sheer Folly2009 · 296 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009296
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  19. 19
    Unhappy Medium2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  20. 20
    Storm in a Tea Shoppe2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  21. 21
    Anthem for Doomed Youth2011 · 399 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011399
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  22. 22
    Gone West2012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  23. 23
    Heirs of the Body2013 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013292
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  24. 24
    Superfluous Women2015 · 305 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015305
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  25. 25
    The Corpse at the Crystal Palace2019 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019288
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Is there a chronological order for Daisy Dalrymple?

No separate chronological order is on record for Daisy Dalrymple, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Daisy Dalrymple books in order?

You should read the Daisy Dalrymple books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Daisy Dalrymple book also stands alone.

Where to start with Daisy Dalrymple

Start with Death at Wentwater Court (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Daisy Dalrymple book?

The Corpse at the Crystal Palace (2019) is the newest Daisy Dalrymple book released so far.

Is there a new Daisy Dalrymple book coming?

No next Daisy Dalrymple book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Daisy Dalrymple at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Daisy Dalrymple title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Daisy Dalrymple books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,120 pages across the 22 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 258 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Daisy Dalrymple books, 13 of 25, were published in the 2000s.

What the Daisy Dalrymple books are about

21 of the 25 Daisy Dalrymple books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women journalists is tagged on 16 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Carola Dunn

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.