Lord Peter and Harriet Part I Strong Poison / Have His Carcase

Lord Peter Wimsey #6,8

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1998 Mystery Guild hardcover,978073847649. Dorothy L. Sayers's archetypal British gentleman detective is convinced that mystery author Harriet Vane, convicted of killing her lover, is innocent and sets about to prove her innocence, then the duo investigates a sea-side crime. First two of the Peter & Harriet mysteries.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

706 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1932

About the author

The detective stories of well-known British writer Dorothy Leigh Sayers mostly feature the amateur investigator Lord Peter Wimsey; she also translated the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.

This renowned author and Christian humanist studied classical and modern languages.

Her best known mysteries, a series of short novels, set between World War I and World War II, feature an English aristocrat and amateur sleuth. She is also known for her plays and essays.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

Reviews

[Mircah Foxwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

3-1/2 stars. One thing I like about the Peter Wimsey mysteries is that they advance the arc of his life from book to book, and in this book we get to see how things are going between Peter and Harriet Vane, since her release from prison. The mystery itself is ok - though it wraps up pretty suddenly.

[Charlotta Larsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting crime story and realistic and heartfeltlove story.

[Henry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strong Poison was the better of the two stories, though Have His Carcase was still very good. The initial relationship between Peter and Harriet are not what I expected, and indeed, is rather comical. Nonetheless, while I appreciate logic puzzles, and how people like to play around with them, it is not a practice I enjoy that much, and so to have a major part of Have His Carcase be a cipher/logic puzzle, while ingenious in one way, is not exactly my cup of tea. But for those who enjoy such puzzles, I think they will be pleasantly surprised to find one so central to the case.