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Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7)

Dorothy L. Sayers

Start date: August 1, 2016

Finish date: August 31, 2016

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Dec 29, 2018 Christine PNW rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vintage-women

My Vane/Wimsey 2020 comfort read continues. I really enjoyed this one, not so much because of the mystery, which is fine but not fantastic (although the twist is quite good, in my opinion) but because of the development of the relationship between Harriet and Peter.

I've already moved on to Gaudy Night, which I know to be a five star (honestly, five stars isn't enough!) read for me.

And Harriet & Peter are adequately diverting my attention from the crisis of democracy that is occurring in my own ...more

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Aug 08, 2018 Jan C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: rtd-2016-sayers-challenge, 2018, mystery, england

I've read this several times over the years. One of my favorites of the Lord Peter Wimsey series.

I have always remembered how Harriet Vane finds the victim on her walking tour. Someone coming across a body on a rock/boulder on the beach with a sliced throat is kind of memorable. But I apparently totally forgot about the ending.

This was probably my third or fourth (maybe more) reading. ...more

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Oct 19, 2015 Teri-K rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery-golden-age

This has always been one of my favorite Whimsey's, perhaps because it focuses more on Harriet than Lord Peter. And he's becoming less of the village idiot, which is nice. In the previous story Peter saved Harriet Vane from the gallows and fell in love. Knowing it's too soon but unable to help himself he now periodically asks her to marry him and she refuses him kindly. Do we see her affection growing with each refusal? Perhaps.

The mystery surrounds a body Harriet finds while on a walking tour. L ...more

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Aug 08, 2018 Louise Culmer rated it liked it · review of another edition

HArriet Vane is on a walking holiday on the south coast, and discovers a body on the beach. THe police think it's suicide, but Harriet does not agree. NAturally she contacts her friend Lord Peter Wimsey to help her prove it is murder.
I quite enjoyed this one at first, but it is far too long and I had lost interest long before the end. the murder method is insanely complicated and I kept thinking that surely there must have been an easier way of doing it? Moreover, there seemed to me an obvious ...more

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Dec 11, 2018 jaadhimalli rated it liked it

I think its more of a 3.5. The way Peter Wimsey keeps proposing to Harriet admist conversations is both charming and irritating.

The book ends with a letter, penned by his Uncle, throws light on Peter's life. Its endearing.

Peter,Harriet and the Inspector discuss the series of events again and again. It shows how blocked they are but I thought it was too repetitive and could have been brought out differently. ...more

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Feb 23, 2015 Amy rated it it was amazing

My favorite Lord Peter Wimsey book so far. I will admit to completely skipping the incredibly long and drawn out description of how the code was solved.

"Yadda yadda yadda. Code is solved. Moving on with the story." ...more

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