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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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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.
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