Murder Must Advertise A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

Dorothy L. Sayers — 2014

Back in print and now available in trade paperback, Dorothy L. Sayers' classic tale of murder and scandal at a chic London advertising agency, featuring the dashing and brilliant Lord Peter Wimsey. When executive Victor Dean dies from a fall down the iron staircase at Pym's Publicity, a posh London ad agency, Lord Peter Wimsey goes undercover to investigate. Before his tragic demise, the victim had tried to warn Mr. Pym, the firm's owner, about some scandalous behavior involving his employees. Posing as a new copywriter, Wimsey discovers that Dean was part of an unsavory crowd at Pym's whose recreational habits link them to the criminal underworld. With time running out and the body count rising, Wimsey must rush to find the truth before his identity is discovered and a determined killer strikes again.

Reviews

Sarah Escorsa@shrimpy

Mar 8, 2022

Why do I always have such a hard time reading Dorothy Sayers book? They are always very well-written, I like the characters and usually enjoy the story, but still. I think the main problem is that her books are too wordy. There are too many details and descriptions that clutter the story, make it hard to enjoy fully and spoil the read somehow. This could have been a fantastic book but it turned out to be a bit too tedious to read.

Kate@ifibewaspish

Dec 6, 2021

3.5

Anna Adams@anna_adams_writer

Oct 18, 2021

I love Dorothy Sayers. She's actually one of my favorite authors, and I find myself falling in love with Lord Peter again. There's the usual 30s stuff that's abhorrent (and as usual, I don't know why it wasn't then). But there's also quite a bit of conversation about people minding their own business, versus doing the right thing. And morality. And how advertising challenges ethics, which was kind of funny from time to time in the story. The thing about Lord Peter is that he's often ashamed of catching the whodunnit, and even his sister, who loves her quite troubled brother, talks about being the hangman's sister in this book. It hurt me when I read them as barely a twenty-year-old. Now, it truly makes me kind of ache for this character I've loved. I grabbed this one first because it was the first one I saw when I was choosing a Reading Rush tbr, but I think Im about to start a Sayers re-read!