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Have His Carcase
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Alon Luna
Jan 30, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery, golden-age
Dorothy Sayers is a hit or a miss for me and after reading 3 of her novels and a few of her short stories, I now know why. I really enjoyed Strong Poison and this one (Have His Carcase) but I didn’t really like Gaudy Night so much. Unfortunately, her strongest points as an author (and most often what people love about her) are what keep her books from being included in my favorites.

In my case, I read these novels for the mystery first. Everything else- the characters, the ambience, how detailed
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Jill
Dec 20, 2015 rated it really liked it
I did enjoy this book, after a slow start. Many complications but my choice of murderer was proven right in the end.
Kat
Nov 21, 2015 marked it as to-read
Diane
Nov 25, 2015 rated it really liked it
Tracey
Dec 24, 2015 marked it as to-read
Serena
Mar 16, 2016 marked it as wantaudio
Shelves: ebook, mystery
Carolien
Aug 20, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: english-mystery, 2016
Doris
Jul 06, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Rachel Burke
Sep 25, 2017 marked it as want-to-buy
BrokenTune
Dec 14, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: review-pending
Laura Hannaway
Feb 04, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Becky
Nov 12, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Sara
Mar 22, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Rosario
May 25, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: my-5-star-reads
Ekta
Jul 31, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2020
Jazzy Lemon
Aug 08, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: english-authors
Sabrina
May 20, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Layton
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