Honeymoon in Rio (The Blind Sleuth Mysteries)

In 1952 there were children everywhere. Or so it seemed to Daisy Hayes, blind since birth, who at the age of 29 had just tied the knot for the second time--to an intercontinental pilot. But on their first flight as a married couple an engine broke down--sabotage?--and they were grounded. Now, there are worse places to stop over for repairs than Rio de Janeiro, especially if you're staying at a grand hotel on Ipanema Beach. But then again, Daisy wouldn't be our favou-rite blind sleuth if during her stay she hadn't stumbled on a murderous plot that exposed her to mortal dangers. Groping around in the dark, she found her exceptional mind pitted against that of an arch-criminal, and with her usual courage she tried to foil a devilish conspiracy that spanned three continents and threatened the very existence of the most innocent and vulnerable victims. The Daisy Hayes Mysteries Daisy Hayes was born in London in 1922. Her father was a bank manager, hoping for a son, but he had to settle for a blind daughter. Now what do you do when your child is blind since birth and you have the means to do a lot to help her? You hire a private tutor to stimulate her verbal development in the first years of her life. Then you send her to an exclusive school for blind girls where they teach her so well, that before you know it, your darling daughter has developed an exceptional intellect that just seems to draw murder mysteries like a magnet... First we have a trilogy, which as a whole is a story of crime, punishment, and redemption, and at the same time a portrait of the twentieth century as witnessed by this remarkable blind woman. In the first volume Daisy takes us along with her through World War II. The second book brings us to the Swinging Sixties, and finally the third one to 1989, the year the Berlin wall came down. Then a number of stand-alone mysteries follow, that can be read on their own but also fit into the life story of our blind sleuth. "Honeymoon in Rio", for instance, takes place in 1952, and connects nicely to "D for Daisy", that ends in 1950.

• | Author: Nick Aaron
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 196 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1723713376
• | ISBN-13: 9781723713378