I listened to the audio version of this collection of three Lord Peter Wimsey stories. The second story, "The Haunted Policeman", takes place on the night that Wimsey's first son is born. The third story, "Tallboys", finds the oldest Wimsey son, Bredon, following in his father's footsteps. After Bredon confesses to stealing a couple of peaches from a neighbor's tree, the neighbor soon discovers all of his prize-winning peaches missing. In order to clear his son's name, Lord Peter takes up the investigation into the missing peaches with the same attention to detail with which he investigates murders. Father and son also get up to a bit of mischief involving a disagreeable house guest. Unfortunately, I have a defective CD, so I missed the resolution of the first story because I couldn't get that track to play. Lord Peter had a small role in that story, though, so I didn't find it as interesting as the other two stories.

These stories aren't the best of Sayers work. However, I enjoyed them particularly for their portrayal of Wimsey's family life. This wouldn't be the place to start the Wimsey books, but most Sayers fans will want this in their collections. I found Ian Carmichael's narration difficult to follow in the car. His voice is low-pitched and breathy, and road noise often made it hard to distinguish some of the words. I'll be looking for a print copy to read the parts that I missed on the audio version. ( )

Light and fun, some nice touches of bloomsbury and poking fun at trendy child rearing...Long and odd introducttion with some weird errors (Since when did PW say "Come on Steve"?) ( )

 I almost awlays get nothing out of crime fiction, and this was no exception

I listened to this, just like I'll be listening to a few other hallowed crime authors to give them a chance, but certainly this did nothing to change my mind; this remains a genre I can live without. ( )

The three stories in this volume is not Sayer's best short stories when it comes to the mysteries. But it gives some delightful glimpses into Lord Peter's and Harriet Vane's marriage, which makes it a lovely read anyway. ( )