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Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries
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Adrian
February English Mysteries ongoing group read of LPW books

So , this book contains 4 short stories featuring Lord Peter, half a dozen or so of Mr M. Egg and a couple of non specific mystery shorts.

The LPW stories were all quite different and each had something to recommend but I think my favourite was The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey with The Necklace of Pearls as the weakest

I enjoyed Montague Egg and found them quite different to LPH but still fun.
The two final stories were quite d
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