false <![CDATA[Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #2)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172582153m/192888.jpg 192888 34 Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thrill of the hunt -- until the game turned up human and quite dead. He lay among the chrysanthemums, wore slippers and a dinner jacket and was Lord Peter's brother-in-law-to-be. His accused murderer was Wimsey's own brother, and if murder set all in the family wasn't enough to boggle the unflappable Lord Wimsey, perhaps a few twists of fate would be -- a mysterious vanishing midnight letter from Egypt...a grieving fiancee with suitcase in hand...and a bullet destined for one very special Wimsey. 1576206 book 1926 Clouds of Witness total:1109|5:246|4:515|3:323|2:24|1:1| 1109 4308 1356 70 5 4 false false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 11:45:37 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 20:35:55 -0700 2008
Lord Peter Wimsey (the main character and detective) is truly a humorous, clever, thoughtful, and lovable character! He breezes through life, alwa...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 13:53:49 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 10:10:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1989 Wed Aug 01 16:52:46 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 17:04:59 -0700 2007
So you get the usual A...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue May 29 11:23:29 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 11:23:29 -0700 2007 "...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 23:19:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 23:21:59 -0700 2009 Whose Body, by far. About two thirds of the way through the book, at a point where I thought things were going to resolve, I looked at all the pages left and thought, "Huh!" But Sayers kept the action and plot going pretty well. I was especially amused by t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 07:35:33 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 11:26:06 -0700 2009 1
This is the second of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. It follows directly after _Whose Body?_. This novel, more then the first one, is a character study. Mostly it's delving into the characters of Lord Peter's family, as it starts with his brother being accused of murderin...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 05:54:06 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 06:04:53 -0800 2008 2
Anyway, her dodgy at...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 20:07:44 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 07:15:19 -0700 2007 Lord Peter Wimsey series mentioned around and a friend recommended the series so it has been on my to-read list for awhile. The reason that it has moved up my read list now is because I lucked out and came across this book at the library's used bookstore. The fact that it's the secon...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 09:25:14 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:25:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 11:18:40 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 11:51:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:04:22 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:08:16 -0700 2009 1
Ian Carmichael does a lovely j...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 06:24:55 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 06:26:45 -0700 2009
Sayers' characters are more swinging, the language more raunchy (though only just barely) and the plots are more risque (again,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 04:27:26 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 04:28:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 1982 Sat Oct 03 18:45:21 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 18:47:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 15 06:25:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 06:25:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 09:28:02 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 15:02:05 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 09:51:09 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:44:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 06:05:07 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 09:20:39 -0700 2007
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