This is probably the fourth I have read this. But I can't remember it taking me this long before. I still enjoyed it.
It must have been quite a while sThis is probably the fourth I have read this. But I can't remember it taking me this long before. I still enjoyed it.
It must have been quite a while since I didn't remember who the suspect was. Love her rant! (All of the suspects are women.)
This one takes place at Oxford. Harriet is working on one of her books. Suddenly there are poison pen letters, mischievous goings on, etc. Finally she suggests that perhaps her friend Lord Peter can help resolve the problem....more
I believe I read this years ago. And didn't recall being crazy about the Montagu Egg stories. They seemed okay this time.
But the story that really knI believe I read this years ago. And didn't recall being crazy about the Montagu Egg stories. They seemed okay this time.
But the story that really knocked me out was "The Man Who Knew How". Guy is reading a detective story on the train (author taking a swipe at writers who write intelligent school stories - possibly at Edmund Crispin or Michael Innes?) who isn't too sure about how a guy is looking at him. Other fellow tells him that he knows how to kill people without getting caught. Just look at all these people being found dead in their baths. The reader starts noticing that many people are being found dead in their baths. This story falls in the ironic category. But I really liked it....more
This was a re-read for me. I'd forgotten just how much I enjoyed some of these stories. As I read them, I remembered most of them from previous read (This was a re-read for me. I'd forgotten just how much I enjoyed some of these stories. As I read them, I remembered most of them from previous read (s).
The final story reminded me very much of Patricia Wentworth's Grey Mask in her Miss Silver stories. (grumble, grumble. autocorrect is going to kill me yet.) The story before that looked like a precursor to Sayers' own Have His Carcase. Both the story and the novel start much the same but do take different paths.
I think I first read this in the '80s and I have never forgotten them. Some I misremembered. Either in whole or in part.
I've read this several times over the years. One of my favorites of the Lord Peter Wimsey series.
I have always remembered how Harriet Vane finds the vI've read this several times over the years. One of my favorites of the Lord Peter Wimsey series.
I have always remembered how Harriet Vane finds the victim on her walking tour. Someone coming across a body on a rock/boulder on the beach with a sliced throat is kind of memorable. But I apparently totally forgot about the ending.
This was probably my third or fourth (maybe more) reading....more
Always an enjoyable read. Love how he assumes an alias and goes undercover to work in an advertising agency (much as Sayers herself had worked in an aAlways an enjoyable read. Love how he assumes an alias and goes undercover to work in an advertising agency (much as Sayers herself had worked in an ad agency). He is there to uncover the death of a Mr. Dean, who apparently fell down the stairs. Even here, he leads a double life by running around with a "bright young thing" as a harlequin with some rather athletic moves.
In addition, one of the entertaining portions to me is the cricket game with another firm. As an American, I have no knowledge of cricket. But he was apparently quite the cricketer while at Oxford. He goes into it with every intention of playing a mediocre game until he gets peeved when someone hits him in the elbow and the cricketer in him comes out. And his style of play is recognized. He tries to bluff his way through.
The mystery here revolves around the murder and a dope gang. I had no memory of the dope gang from my previous readings of this book. But it was quite a while ago....more
This is the book where Sayers introduces us to mystery author Harriet Vane. She is about to be convicted of murdering a former lover (possibly scandalThis is the book where Sayers introduces us to mystery author Harriet Vane. She is about to be convicted of murdering a former lover (possibly scandalous in itself) when Lord Peter Wimsey declares his love for her. The Dowager Duchess likes her, too.
Peter commences to propose to her every five minutes and she just isn't interested. Still, he persists and tries to prove her innocence. Enlists his police friend Charles and Miss Climpson and her Cattery.
Not sure how many times I have read this one, but it is multiple.
Very entertaining. Includes a look into Harriet's Bohemian friends....more
I expect that I have read this 4-5 times. So much that I remember and so much that I forget.
A friend of Lord Peter Wimsey's mother, the Duchess DowagI expect that I have read this 4-5 times. So much that I remember and so much that I forget.
A friend of Lord Peter Wimsey's mother, the Duchess Dowager, finds a naked body in his bath. At approximately the same time a wealthy magnate goes missing. Are they the same person?
This is the first of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories, published in 1923. So it follows shortly after the conclusion of the First World War and we still see some of the after-effects of the war. Wimsey himself has a nervous attack brought on by over-stimulation.
It's a good story but Sayers will have better and this is a first novel. ...more
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