From the back cover: A fleeing killer's green mustache. A corpse clutching a note with misplaced vowels. A telephone with the unmistakable ring of death. A hopeful heir's dreams of fortune done in when nature beats him to the punch. A playwright's unwatered-down honor that is thicker than blood. In each case, the murder baffles the local authorities. For his Lordship and the … [Read more...] about In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers: B
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Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers: B+
From the back cover: Murder is hardly the best way for Lord Peter and his bride, the famous mystery writer Harriet Vane, to start their honeymoon. It all begins when the former owner of their newly acquired estate is found quite nastily dead in the cellar. And what Lord Peter had hoped would be a very private and romantic stay in the country soon turns into a most baffling … [Read more...] about Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers: B+
Vanish with the Rose by Barbara Michaels: B+
From the back cover: Diana Reed has much to hide when she arrives at the Nicholsons' 18th-century estate. Masquerading as a landscape architect specializing in "ancient" roses, she's hired by the eccentric couple to restore the gardens, but her real interest lies in the manor's more recent history. Sinister scenarios ensue at the Nicholsons' estate. Ghostly music echoes in … [Read more...] about Vanish with the Rose by Barbara Michaels: B+
Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell: B+
From the back cover: For young barrister Julia Larwood, it was to be a holiday of romance as well as flight from the tax man; in short, an Art Lover's Tour of Italy. Reduced to near penury by the Inland Revenue, Julia could hardly afford such luxury but she'd be in hock to the Revenue either way so why not? But poor, deluded Julia—how could she have known that the ravishing … [Read more...] about Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell: B+
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers: A+
From the back cover: When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy," the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obscenities, burnt effigies, and poison-pen letters—including one that says, "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup." Some of the notes threaten murder; all are perfectly ghastly; yet in … [Read more...] about Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers: A+