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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
This was my favorite of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels so far. When Lord Peter's beloved Harriet Vane goes on a walking holiday, she encounters a corpse in a remote spot. Was it a murder? A suicide? Or was politics behind the young man's death? Lord Peter arrives to help out, and the two of them uncover the truth.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ahhh what a book so witty and sharp, especially the interaction between peter and Harriet soo sweet. There were moments I simply burst out laughing not because it was bad but because there are moments of light comic affect and just brilliant word play. I have to admit whatever I may have said before about this series I was completely wrong this is a joy to read am looking forward to the next.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"There is something about virgin sand which arouses all the worst instincts of the detective-story writer. One feels an irresistible impulse to go and make footprints all over it. The excuse which the professional mind makes to itself is that the sand affords a grand opportunity for observation and experiment. Harriet was no stranger to this impulse."
"Now you know very well, miss," said Inspector Umpelty, "that it says in the Bible that the infernal regions, begging your pardon, know no fury like a woman scorned. I've always remembered that from my school days, and I find it gives a very useful line to follow in our way of business."
"Wimsey was lingering lovingly over his bacon and eggs, so as to leave no restless and unfilled moment in his morning. By which it may be seen that his lordship had reached that time of life when a man can extract a Epicurean enjoyment even from his own passions -- the halcyon period between the self-tormenting exuberance of youth and the fretful carpe diem of approaching senility."
"'We believe in you, Miss Kohn,' said Wimsey, solemnly, 'as devoutly as in the second law of thermodynamics.'
'What are you getting at?' said Mr. Simon, suspiciously.
'The second law of thermodynamics,' explained Wimsey helpfully, 'which holds the universe in its path, and without which time would run backwards like a cinema film wound the wrong way.'
'No, would it?' exclaimed Miss Kohn, rather pleased.
'Altars may reel,' said Wimsey, 'Mr. Thomas may abandon his dress suit and Mr. Snowden renounce free trade, but the second law of thermodynamics will endure while memory holds her seat in this distracted globe, by which Hamlet meant his head, but I, with a wider intellectual range, apply to the planet which we have the rapture of inhabiting. I know no more impressive way of affirming my entire belief in your absolute integrity.'"
"Now you know very well, miss," said Inspector Umpelty, "that it says in the Bible that the infernal regions, begging your pardon, know no fury like a woman scorned. I've always remembered that from my school days, and I find it gives a very useful line to follow in our way of business."
"Wimsey was lingering lovingly over his bacon and eggs, so as to leave no restless and unfilled moment in his morning. By which it may be seen that his lordship had reached that time of life when a man can extract a Epicurean enjoyment even from his own passions -- the halcyon period between the self-tormenting exuberance of youth and the fretful carpe diem of approaching senility."
"'We believe in you, Miss Kohn,' said Wimsey, solemnly, 'as devoutly as in the second law of thermodynamics.'
'What are you getting at?' said Mr. Simon, suspiciously.
'The second law of thermodynamics,' explained Wimsey helpfully, 'which holds the universe in its path, and without which time would run backwards like a cinema film wound the wrong way.'
'No, would it?' exclaimed Miss Kohn, rather pleased.
'Altars may reel,' said Wimsey, 'Mr. Thomas may abandon his dress suit and Mr. Snowden renounce free trade, but the second law of thermodynamics will endure while memory holds her seat in this distracted globe, by which Hamlet meant his head, but I, with a wider intellectual range, apply to the planet which we have the rapture of inhabiting. I know no more impressive way of affirming my entire belief in your absolute integrity.'"
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
challenging
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No