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This is probably my favorite Lord Peter mystery. Absolutely wonderful! This book is about working in an advertising agency and what is involved. While somewhat dated, that is part of what makes this story so fascinating. Lord Peter's sense of humor and turn of phrase works perfectly in this setting and, of course, the murder is quite a puzzle.
The murder is ingenious and detective Lord Peter Wimsey is just right.The Times Literary Supplement of Londaon called this story "a masterpiece".
This is a really funny book, my favorite Wimsey story. Even though it's set 80 years ago, office life hasn't changed much. Nor has the coke trade. Pity there are so few fancy dress Harlequins running around these days to put things right :)
Excellent mystery!
Never enjoyed a detective story so much - probably because it takes place in a large advertising agency and what goes on there in the everyday run of business is so steadily and even so uproariously funny.
