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Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)

Dorothy L. Sayers

Start date: June 1, 2016

Finish date: June 30, 2016

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Jun 13, 2020 Adrian rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: zz-e-book, det-dl-sayers

October 2022 Group Read of all the Lord Peter books

Well despite it only being 2 years since I last read this I still really enjoyed it. The characters are getting more and more real and the story lines seem to be getting better as DLS gets into her stride.
Lord Peter is in court as murder charges are brought against Harriet Vane for poisoning her ex lover with arsenic, and he's convinced that something is wrong with the charge.
He seems to have a soft spot for Harriet and vows to discover the ne ...more

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Mar 02, 2018 Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-murder-crime-20th-century

I think this may be the Sayers I read in my younger years & didn't much care for.

I can appreciate Sayers' ability more now.

I did enjoy this title very much, but not quite a perfect read for me. There was quite a bit of filler & not many suspects. But the murder method was ingenious & this is enough to make this title a most satisfying read.

Good stuff! ...more

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