Gone West (novel)

Gone West (2012) is a work of detective fiction by Carola Dunn, the twentieth in her series about the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple, a woman in 1920s England who solves mysteries, to the consternation of her police chief husband, Alec Fletcher.

Birtwhistle has been ill for the past two years, and in that time Sybil has taken over the actual writing of his novels.

This arrangement has led to increased sales thanks to Sybil's greater gifts for character and dialogue.

However, she has come to suspect that someone in the house might be drugging Humphrey to keep him unwell, so that Sybil will continue handling the writing and bringing more money to the farm.

Daisy begins to investigate as her husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, is called up from Scotland Yard to take the case.