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Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)

Dorothy L. Sayers

Start date: December 1, 2016

Finish date: December 31, 2016

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Dec 14, 2016 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: dls-challenge

This has always been one of my favourite books in the Lord Peter Wimsey series and I have re-read it many times. Peter and Harriet are married and intend to spend their honeymoon at Tallboys - a house which they have just bought which Harriet used to visit as a child. But when they arrive at the house nothing is as expected and it seems the previous owner is nowhere to be found even though he had promised to be meet them to hand over the keys.

When they find the body of the previous owner in the ...more

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Nov 26, 2016 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: dorothy-l-sayers

Liked this book so much better than the one before. Quite a relief that the couple had at last sorted out their love life. I can't understand why the author needed to include so much French , other than to make the book longer than her other books. All in all , a good plot and satisfying end , including some good characters. I found the humour at the beginning quite funny. ...more

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Oct 11, 2021 Lady Wesley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fave-favorites, mystery-golden-age-or-similar, listened

I read this book many years ago, but listening to Ian Carmichael’s performance brought home to me its power and beauty. Above all, we see the real Lord Peter Wimsey — the piffle, the urbanity, the cleverness, the suffering, and the deep love he has for Harriet Vane. It is all just about perfect. Thank you, DLS.

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