From the back cover: With rent past due and a decent meal becoming an issue of some importance, Harry Dresden needs work, and soon. A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces … [Read more...] about Storm Front by Jim Butcher: B-
Mystery
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers: B+
From the back cover: The Crown's case was watertight. The police were adamant that the right person was on trial. The judge's summing up was also clear. 'The prisoner had the means—the arsenic. She had the opportunity to administer it.' Harriet Vane was guilty. And Harriet Vane should hang. But the jury disagreed. And so did Lord Peter Wimsey—he had to prove that … [Read more...] about Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers: B+
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers: B+
From the back cover: This sinister, engaging case takes aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey from London to Paris and then back, to the austere dignity of the Bellona Club. There, 90-year-old General Fentiman was found dead in his favorite wing chair by the fireplace. Oddly, his sister died elsewhere the same day, perhaps within minutes of her brother. Investigating the … [Read more...] about The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers: B+
Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers: B
From the back cover: In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque, but absolutely bewitching side rarely shown in Lord Peter's full-length adventures. Lord Peter views the body in twelve tantalizing and bizarre ways in this outstanding collection. He deals with such marvels as the man with copper fingers, Uncle Meleager's … [Read more...] about Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers: B
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers: B
From the back cover: The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead and there are no apparent signs of foul play. Yet debonair detective Lord Peter Wimsey senses that something is amiss and he refuses to let the case rest, even without any clues or leads. Suddenly he is faced with another murder: Agatha's maid. Can Lord Peter find the murderer and solve the case before he becomes the … [Read more...] about Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers: B