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This is a slim volume, which includes some information on the character of Lord Peter Wimsey, as well as an essay on his creator, Dorothy L. Sayers, in order to pad out what are, essentially, just three stories featuring the gentleman detective. These include the title story and The Haunted Policeman, both of which were previously published in 1939, while the final story, “Talboys,” remained unpublished until this edition.
This year, I finally read all of the Wimsey novels and, although I have no ...more
This year, I finally read all of the Wimsey novels and, although I have no ...more
Three short stories:
I like Sayers' characters and her style, but reading a story or novella is different from a longer book, for me at least.
"Striding Folly" depended too much on a psychic dream to please me. Plus I thought it was obvious from the beginning what was going on, so I couldn't call this one a success. 1.5 stars
"The Haunted Policeman" relied on Whimsey's knowledge of an obscure piece at a museum, and I didn't really see why his mind jumped to that solution rather than some other poss ...more
I like Sayers' characters and her style, but reading a story or novella is different from a longer book, for me at least.
"Striding Folly" depended too much on a psychic dream to please me. Plus I thought it was obvious from the beginning what was going on, so I couldn't call this one a success. 1.5 stars
"The Haunted Policeman" relied on Whimsey's knowledge of an obscure piece at a museum, and I didn't really see why his mind jumped to that solution rather than some other poss ...more
Nov 27, 2011
Bev
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review of another edition
Shelves:
vintage-mystery,
mystery
"Striding Folly": This one has a bit of the mystic about it. A man has a dream which appears to be strangely prophetic about the murder of his neighbor. Except it didn't predict that he would be accused! Lord Peter comes to the rescue, of course!
"The Haunted Policeman": The story of the poor policeman who saw a house numbered thirteen where no thirteen ought to be and a murdered man where no one has been murdered. Lord Peter helps him prove that he wasn't drunk nor delusional.
"Talboys": In which ...more
This particular edition includes an introduction by Catriona McPherson which examines the stories in detail and a short essay by Janet Hitchman discussing Lord Peter and his creator. Each is very informative both for the Sayers novice as well as for those of us more familiar with the detective novelist and her sleuth.
It is a delightful collection of short stories to round out the Wimsey canon. Not much mystery, but lots of great characters and insight into life in the Wimsey household after Busm ...more
It is a delightful collection of short stories to round out the Wimsey canon. Not much mystery, but lots of great characters and insight into life in the Wimsey household after Busm ...more
This was a good mystery. Loved the narrator.
May 24, 2019
Laura Anne
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Shelves:
mystery,
british-isles
Not much mystery plot in these three short stories, and Wimsey hardly appears in the first story, but I liked the bits of Wimsey family life in the second and third stories. (These stories felt familiar, I must have read them before when I was a teenager.)
This one is outré, ie weird, queer, outlandish, freakish, off-center, bizarre, strange, peculiar, and/or odd, and not in a good way.
Like revisiting an old friend
Apr 24, 2012
Peggy
marked it as to-read
Nov 20, 2012
Abbey
marked it as check-4at-lib
Dec 28, 2015
Danielle
marked it as to-read
Jan 21, 2017
Nanosynergy
marked it as to-read
