Strong Poison

I love the 1930's, British Royalty, and mysteries. Dorothy Sayers used these ideas in her Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. Lord Peter is a great detective, rich, an aristocrat and meets such interesting people. It's a great read.

Unlike the usual detective story & unlike the regular portrait of Lord Peter, all the usual conventions are turned upside down. The Almighty Lord Peter is losing some of his superiority as he falls in love and becomes human. The "dame in distress" is not willing to play the part of an obliging Cinderella. The book is funny and touching at the same time. I was sorry to finish it.

I need to read more Dorothy L. Sayers mysteries. This was my first and I fell in love with Lord Peter and his friends. I'm not sure I've ever laughed out loud reading a mystery but this book was funny.

This is the first novel in which Harriet Vane appears with Lord Peter Wimsey. I enjoyed it. It was well written and well plotted. To learn the culmination of their relationship, read Gaudy Night next, even though Have His Carcase is actually next in the sequence.