And Unnatural Death - Clouds of Witness

These stories were enjoyable and entertaining, a bit long winded at times but worth it in the end. I very much enjoyed the hero's personality arrogant in a self effacing way and always aggravating his foes but also gaining their respect. His employee was loyal to a fault, more like family than his own brother. His partner the inspector was obviously also very fond of him. I thoroughly enjoyed these stories.

I truly enjoyed these books and I am slowly reading myself through the complete series of Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries. Truth be told in the first book I had to get into the main character, who appeared to be too much of a fop. Since then Lord Peter started to grow on me, but also started to grow some backbone en pluck, which makes him an all more lovable character.

I did enjoy the beginning of the series. Lord Peter Wimsey was hard to take at first, but then I started enjoying his personality. Recently saw a play by Wodehouse and this is similar to the characters in those works.

Lord Peter is one of my all-time favorite detectives--an urbane, witty man-about-town and verteran of the Great War, he behaves like a brainless society nitwit, yet possesses the brilliant, incisive thinking of a true sleuth. Dorothy Sayers knew what she was doing when she created this fascinating man. Some have implied she was in love with him herself! Her series of mystery novels and a book of collected short stories (Lord Peter) are still among my absolute favorite reads.

One… In Whose Body
Lord Peter Wimsey is called in, by his mother, to help solve a murder. A nude body is found in the tub of the carpenter of Winsey’s mother. The police officer trying to solve it isn’t very good, so Wimsey looked at the evidence to try to help. Another case of a missing duke is being worked by a different officer, Parker, who comes to see the nude guy to see if it is the missing man. The characters are interesting and the mystery is challenging.
Two… In Clouds Of Witness
While Wimsey is on vacation he sees a newspaper with a story about his brother being arrested for murdering his soon to be brother-in-law. Wimsey has to figure out who really killed him to clear his brother's name. With the sister lying, a boyfriend showing up, and a brother not saying where he was at the time of the murder, Wimsey is facing a very difficult case.
Three… Unnatural Death
When a doctor is upset about losing his position because an old lady died expectantly, Lord Wimsey investigates. When witnesses start dying after he speaks to them, he has to protect his witnesses as he talks to them just to find out what funny business is going on and how the old lady was killed. This is a very interesting mystery and very fun to read.
Overall, this was a great series.

I was glad to finish the book. Although the stories were interesting, Lord Peter Wimsey was a very cardboard character. We got a small hint of his past life -- war, horror -- but nothing that could be attributed to his present state of mind. I really wanted to find out more about his man-servant, Bunter. I need one of him. I guess the similarity to "Wooster and Jeeves" by P.G. Wodehouse kept gnawing at me. Wimsey wasn't as frothy as Wooster, but he wasn't his opposite either. Bunter was the quiet side of Jeeves.

The Lord Wimsey mysteries are filled with intrigue, strange clues and brilliant deductions, but are also painfully annoying because of the incessant tangents they diverge into. I suppose that is the way people in England thought and spoke in the late 1800's and early 1900's, but it wastes a lot of reading space and detracts from the story line. You have to like that sort of dialog, but I found it terribly disruptive. Get through it if you can.

I have mixed feelings about these three books. I liked the second, Clouds of Witness the most. I didn't finish the last book. There is too much talking and not enough activity. I don't if I'll read another Wimsey book.

... this would be it. Sayers delivers a truly unique angle on sleuthing from the golden age of British mysteries. Every bit as finely crafted as anything from contemporary author Agatha Christie, Sayers' novels are both delightful and gripping.I recognize I have a stunted sense of humor (I find nothing remotely amusing about idiocy or vulgarity, which eliminates 90% of comedy from the last 40 years), but for people like me who appreciate intelligent, dry, wicked British wit, these books are hilarious. The barbs aimed at traditional British society, especially the aristocracy, are incisively funny. The broad nod, if not outright homage, to Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster is also fun.At the same time, there is a darker undertone as the author recognizes the disturbing psychology surrounding murder. Lord Peter, the blue-blood sleuth, is not so clinical in his deductions that he is insensitive to the tragedy in the lives he investigates and in the human condition generally.All around, these are capital books!

I have just started reading her books and find them quite entertaining. The main characters (Lord Wimsey, his man Bunter, and policeman Parker) become quite real through their dialogue. The stories are full of twists and turns that keep you wanting to turn the page for more. I plan on reading all of her books.

Dorothy Sayers might be good at other things but writing...NOT SO! This book was written in such a horrible, annoying style that I could not force myself to read it. IT WAS AWFUL!

Don't waste your money, even if it is offered free or at a discount.

I deleted it from my Kindle.

There are few books, especially mysteries, that are a pleasure to reread, but these are exceptions! They are rich in character, literary and Biblical allusions, many of which could be skipped over on first reading as you follow the plot. Rereading is this a different experience, and just as pleasurable, if not more.

The first two books were slow, but the third book along with the bonus stories at the end were much better. It's a little difficult getting into the English lingo back in early 1900s although I loved reading all the Sherlock Holmes mysteries from the same era. The plots were interesting but extremely drawn out to the point of wanting to look ahead just to get it over with. Like I stated, the third book kept my interest and so did the bonus stories, so the author did improve her writing technique. I just may take a chance and purchase more of these because I enjoyed Lord Peter Wimsey's character and his sidekicks, Bunter and Parker. Just pack your patience if you purchase this set.

These beautifully written, thought provoking mysteries are more about her wonderful character, Lord Peter, even though the mysteries are fun to solve. Suffering from PTSD before it was even called that, this fine man, sets out to make sense of the post war world by becoming a detective. The series gets stronger and stronger until the satisfying end of Busman's Holiday.

I love all the Lord Peter Wimsey stories, as well as those by P. D. James and Agatha Christie. There's something so elegant about these English murder mysteries -- no blood and gore, just a rousing story very well written.

I love all the Lord Peter Wimsey stories, as well as those by P. D. James and Agatha Christie. There's something so elegant about these English murder mysteries -- no blood and gore, just a rousing story very well written.