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Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Unnatural Death

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Series: Lord Peter Wimsey (3)

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Classic detective fiction with the brilliant Peter Wimsey: While this isn't my favourite D.L Sayers, it's a wonderful story, about a young woman suspected of murdering her rich aunt and a servant who signed the aunt's will...but the post mortem doesn't show anything. Only Lord Peter Wimsey can solve the case, with the help of Chief Inspector Parker and Miss Climpson.
  iayork | Aug 9, 2009 |
Dorothy L Sayers and Lord Peter are both on form in this cracking mystery, which is very well plotted with lots of lovely red herrings. I particularly enjoyed the explanation to the legal background to the original murder - showing that DLS expected her readers to be intelligent - and also the discussion Lord Peter has with the vicar about the morality of killing the terminally ill, something which still has relevance to date. The method of murder is ingenious, and has been copied by several other writers in the years since the book was first published, so does unfairly feel cliched. ( )
  riverwillow | Aug 7, 2009 |
Good solid mystery from Miss Sayers. I came back to this one after reading Agatha Christie's "Appointment with Death" which references the murder method used in this book. Interestingly we can complete the circle back to AC as the description of the picnickers flocking to the scene of the disappearance of the two young women late in the book could be taken from Miss Sayers own first hand visit to the scene of AC's disappearance in 1926! An interesting story where, as DLS herself says (via Harriet Vane) in a later book, she invented a method of murder so watertight it was difficult to find a way of catching the murderer - HV forced a confession, DLS gets the murderer to panic and murder more, finally relying on catching them red handed! Good read! ( )
  Figgles | Apr 13, 2009 |
Very much enjoyed the original format of this medico-legal mystery. Even though one suspects the ending, Sayers is aways disconfirming these guesses until the very end. ( )
  skullstuffing | Sep 28, 2008 |
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‘No sign of foul play,’ says Dr Carr after the post-mortem on Agatha Dawson. The case is closed. But Lord Peter Wimsey is not satisfied . . .

With no clues to work on, he begins his own investigation. No clues, that is, until the sudden, senseless murder of Agatha’s maid. What is going on in the mysterious Mrs Forrest’s Mayfair flat? And can Wimsey catch a desperate murderer before he himself becomes one of the victims?
Contains the famous biographical note on Lord Peter Wimsey.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0061043532, Mass Market Paperback)

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thrill of the hunt -- until the game turned up human and quite dead. He lay among the chrysanthemums, wore slippers and a dinner jacket and was Lord Peter's brother-in-law-to-be. His accused murderer was Wimsey's own brother, and if murder set all in the family wasn't enough to boggle the unflappable Lord Wimsey, perhaps a few twists of fate would be -- a mysterious vanishing midnight letter from Egypt...a grieving fiancee with suitcase in hand...and a bullet destined for one very special Wimsey.

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