Helpful Score: 2
The first book that introduces Harriet Vane.
Helpful Score: 1
This is probably the best Dorothy L. Sayers books I have read. I enjoyed it very much. They don't write them like this anymore.
Helpful Score: 1
Harriet Vane is a modern woman -- Oxford educated when that was not an option for most women, making her own living by her writing, and living in an unmarried state. When her lover is poisoned, Vane is put on trial for his murder. Lord Peter is smitten and vows to prove her innocence.
Helpful Score: 1
This was a book club selection, and one I truly wouldn't've read by my own choice. It wasn't poorly written, but it was very drily written, and reflected both a different cultural mindset insofar as it was dated (taking place in the 30s) and British. That, coupled with characters that I think must've been established earlier in a series, made it a cumbersome read.
