Have His Carcase is the seventh of the eleven Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey mystery novels, and the second of the quartet that includes Harriet Vane. I’m reading the eleven mystery novels in publication order with a small group. Some of us are re-reading; others are reading for the first time. With every book, … Continue reading “Have His Carcase” by Dorothy L. Sayers
Author: kjboldon
K.J. Boldon writes, reads, and mothers in Minneapolis. She is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Hamline University.
Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
Five Red Herrings is my least favorite of the Peter Wimsey mystery novels. According to the hosts of the podcast As My Wimsey Takes Me, some fans complained about the inclusion of a romance plot with the introduction of Harriet in Strong Poison, so Dorothy got a bee in her bonnet and put together the … Continue reading Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
If you found this site looking for more about the Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane series by Dorothy L. Sayers, I hope you also will visit the site of the podcast As My Wimsey Takes Me, hosted by Charis and Sharon. I have been listening, learning, and enjoying their talking of piffle. I wrote a … Continue reading Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
My Brontë Theory: Paintings Turned to the Walls
Both times I read Dorothy L. Sayers' The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, there was a scene in chapter 17 that strongly reminded me of one in Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. This time, I found both passages so I could compare them. In chapter 17 of Sayers' book, Parker is looking at … Continue reading My Brontë Theory: Paintings Turned to the Walls
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers, ch 17-end
It's a good thing I am writing mostly for myself, as I never worked up the gumption to finish posting about The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. June rather got away from me. Story of my life. Spoilers ahead about the end of the book and who did it. The main block to my writing, … Continue reading The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers, ch 17-end
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers ch. VIII-XVI
How do you mark up your books? Flags? Underlining? Turning down pages? Margin scribbles? I’ve gone back and forth and round and round over the years. My current markers of choice are Book Darts, slim metal pointers that slip over the edge of a page without damage. I like to look at the edges of … Continue reading The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers ch. VIII-XVI
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers Ch I-VII
First English edition by Benn, the second Sayers book they published. For the first three Peter Wimsey books (Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death), I wrote weekly updates. This didn’t match well with how I read the books, which I prefer to do in one gulp. For book four, The Unpleasantness at the … Continue reading The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers Ch I-VII
Little Bit Late: April Books
I finished four books last month: Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers. The third of the Peter Wimsey novels. I'm reading one each month with a group. The first two are slow going, we agreed, but this one everyone flew through. Was it a candidate as a good entry point to the series? No, given … Continue reading Little Bit Late: April Books
“Unnatural Death” by Dorothy L. Sayers Part III
Here are a few of the many covers for Unnatural Death. I like them better than the ones on my mass-market paperback copies, both of which show a woman surrounded by blood in a bed, which isn't in the book! Again, on this third book in the Peter Wimsey series, I found the last act … Continue reading “Unnatural Death” by Dorothy L. Sayers Part III
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers, Part II, “The Legal Problem”
I'll save you some time and trouble. The gist, laid out in chapter XIV "Sharp Quillets of the Law," concerns a new-at-the-time law: if a person died without a will after 31 December 1925, the estate went to the next of kin with emphasis on the vagaries of the word "issue." In absence of "issue" … Continue reading Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers, Part II, “The Legal Problem”
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