Dorothy L. Sayers

The senseless death of a wealthy old woman brings debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey to the scene of the crime, causing him to search for answers from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable London flat. Reissue.

Unnatural Death

The third book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by crime writer Minette Walters - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries. 'No sign of foul play,' says Dr Carr after the post-mortem on Agatha Dawson. The case is closed. But Lord Peter Wimsey is not satisfied . . . With no clues to work on, he begins his own investigation. No clues, that is, until the sudden, senseless murder of Agatha's maid. What is going on in the mysterious Mrs Forrest's Mayfair flat? And can Wimsey catch a desperate murderer before he himself becomes one of the victims?

Kate

there's a lot of weird stuff in here to be unpacked! vera findlater deserved better :(

Anna Adams

The usual caveats of it is a book of its time. I was loving it until the very end, and then some stuff happened that gave me a bad taste, but I love Dorothy Sayers and Peter Wimsey, and I can't hold a book written almost a hundred years ago to modern standards. I just don't know why some standards were so godawful almost a hundred years ago. 

Nevertheless... Peter Wimsey and Dorothy Sayers. I'll never stop holding them close to my heart.