Me and Lord Peter have come to a bit of an understanding with this latest volume. With his own family obfuscating the truth, Lord Peter takes many a wrong turn, some into very boggy situations, before he heroically saves the day. The fact that Mary is also lying soon becomes obvious.

He will not tell where he was or what he was doing that night. Why this should result in murder makes no sense. Supposedly Gerald found out about Cathcart being a cardsharp and told him to leave. Yet the motive for Gerald killing Cathcart is absurdly flimsy. Peter and Gerald's younger sister Mary was playing hostess and her fiance, Denis Cathcart was the victim of foul play. The family was in Riddlesdale, Yorkshire, where Gerald had rented out a lodge for hunting. Rushing back to England Lord Peter is fighting against the passing of time and the fact that the inquest has already happened. Gerald has been arrested for murder! For once Lord Peter can show Gerald that his 'lurid hobby' might be of some use to the family. Therefore it is quite a surprise to him on arriving in Paris to find his older brother's name splashed across the front of the papers. Lord Peter is taking some time off in Corsica. To Buy (different edition than one reviewed) Book Review - Charlaine Harris's Dead Ever AfterĬlouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey Book 2) by Dorothy L.Book Review - Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Aff.Book Review - Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary.

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