Read this because of a thread about historical acknowledgement of lesbians. Yes in one (happy) example, and very nearly so in (negative) others. Others have said more and better on these portrayals. Note also gender variety, etc. REPEATED USE OF THE N-WORD. Cannot give star rating therefore. Obvious twist #2 re Who. Obvious twist #1 re How (had I read this before? Certainly in the hundred years since, it's been known as a possibility by afficianados of the genre). I know for a fact I've read (in my early teens) the Harriet Vane portions of the Wimsey saga. How, HOW, and why do they. He's so effete. In the post-novel short stories, he's has a femme/gay/girly conversation with an old women. "I have rather an unwholesome weakness for policemen."