false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223641920m/192887.jpg 192887 25 90-year-old General Fendman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died -- and the time of death was the determining factor in a half-million-pound inheritance. Lord Peter Wimsey would need every bit of his amazing skills to unravel the mysteries of why the General's lapel was without a red poppy on Armistice Day, how the club's telephone was fixed without a repairman, and, most puzzling of all, why the great man's knee swung freely when the rest of him was stiff with rigor mortis. 1093038 1963 The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club total:998|5:203|4:455|3:310|2:27|1:3| 998 3822 1191 51 3 2 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jun 05 11:59:54 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 12:08:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 17:21:31 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 17:27:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 07:08:20 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 07:43:57 -0800 2007
When half-star ratings are added, I'll add another half star to this. It's not quite the literary accomplishment that deserves four full stars, but that shouldn't deter anyone from reading it. This ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 21:35:54 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 21:21:00 -0700 2008 Unpleasantness, indeed. But it is only when Lord Peter Wimsey...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 04:28:30 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 04:28:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Feb 29 08:48:48 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 08:48:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 09 06:58:59 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 06:58:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 12 05:03:12 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 03:13:38 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 16:47:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 19:01:10 -0700 2009
The mystery novel part itself was fun and clever - nothing...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 21:13:53 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 16:38:56 -0700 2009
The story idea on the blurb definitely hooked me, but the plot is not all that dramatic. That's sort of typical Sayers...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 05:32:45 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 05:39:17 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 23:22:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 12:26:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:26:54 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:30:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 06:49:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 06:49:27 -0700 2009 just talking about the mystery. I at least made it through this one, which is more than I can say for the first, and I'm coming up on better ones. Why am I taking my mother's advice and reading these books in...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 19 23:38:05 -0800 2009 Fri May 15 07:29:16 -0700 2009
I enjoyed this - it's not her best work, but that's hardly a problem when you're...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 18:54:31 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 18:57:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 16:00:44 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 16:00:44 -0800 2009 0 0 true false Wed Oct 28 14:25:44 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 14:28:47 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 09:14:15 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 06:16:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 14 09:26:55 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:53:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=192887