Mystery
Review:This was the first Lord Peter Wimsey story I read and I truly enjoyed it enough that I went and bought a collection of 7 stories. I admit that I didn't much like Harriet Vane in this story though.
It is a good old story, clearly a little more modern than Holmes (more cars and telephones) being written later - in fact, Ms Sayers often references Holmes - as a fan of Sherlock, it made me smile. I think that if you enjoy Holmes and Christie, you will also like Sayers - though Lord Peter is m... Read more
Review: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. Read more
Review:My first reading of this author's work, though her main character, Lord Peter Wimsey, was known to me. Written in an academic style, this book was both light, entertaining and full of poetical references. Set in Oxford, during the 1930s, when women were only just beginning to gain some recognition in their chosen careers, it is an interesting look back to that time, and contains a wonderful set of characters, not forgetting a clever little plot and mystery which finally presents itself. For t... Read more
Review:I was quite skeptical when I started the Wimsey books written by Jill Paton Walsh, because I am an ardent Dorothy Sayers fan. It was a pleasant surprise then, when I found them quite good. I have looked forward to this newest episode for some time, and am so very disappointed I doubt I will read any more of this series at all.
Lord Peter, as belonging to Sayers, is a complex man of high honor and human frailness. Sayers never delves into Lord Peter's faith and beliefs, but one has the conv... Read more
Review:I loved Lord Peter when I first discovered himin the basement of the public library. I read all of them. And now, at last, I Know that "happily ever after" had some bumps and some wit and charm and some twists. Three cheers for JPWalsh who carries on with great panache. Read more
Review:My first reading of this author's work, though her main character, Lord Peter Wimsey, was known to me. Written in an academic style, this book was both light, entertaining and full of poetical references. Set in Oxford, during the 1930s, when women were only just beginning to gain some recognition in their chosen careers, it is an interesting look back to that time, and contains a wonderful set of characters, not forgetting a clever little plot and mystery which finally presents itself. For t... Read more
Review:Peter Wimsey has finally wed his true love, Harriet Vane, and they are off to Talboys, the home he has bought for her in the neighborhood in which she grew up. They arrive unexpected by the house, and Bunter rises nobly to the occasion, and, in Bunter fashion, continues to rise nobly as more and more peculiarities emerge and...and...more would be telling! Great characters, good plot, continuing story...what more can you ask for? Read more
Review:Dorothy Sayers, a.k.a. Dorothy Leigh Sayers Fleming, one of the first women to ever be granted a degree from Oxford University, created one of the leading figures in, and indeed in so doing helped to create the genre of, the British mystery novels. Lord Peter Wimsey, an elegant, refined London-based aristocrat with a taste for books and a penchant for the piano, is again here the leading figure, in 'Unnatural Death', also published as 'The Dawson Pedigree'.
Wimsey is an old Etonian, Ball... Read more
Review:Slightly tedious, as she tends to be, regarding some of her clues - this time it is a cipher. Also, did I miss something? Either there was something wrong with my Kindle version, or she just stopped writing, suddenly, practically in mid-paragraph. Strange. Read more