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Busman's Honeymoon
by Dorothy L. Sayers
This was my first time reading a book by Sayers in the Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane series, although I've seen movie adaptations of their earlier stories. Lord Peter and Harriet have just married and escaped (from reporters and relatives) for their honeymoon to a country house they purchased near the village where Harriet was raised. When they arrive, however, the previous owner is missing and the house has not been prepared for them. After getting a key from a relative and making the house somewhat comfortable for the first night, the mystery becomes more perplexing when debtors start showing up the next day to whom the previous owner, Mr. Noakes, owed money. While a sweep works on trying to clear the house's stopped up chimneys and entertaining not only the debtors but also the local vicar who pays a call, a body is discovered. The honeymooners next play hosts to the police and later movers come to repossess the furniture. Of course the Wimseys eventually solve the case. Written in 1937, this book features witty dialogue between Lord Peter and Harriet, colorful characters, and the super-efficient, ever-prepared valet Bunter who keeps everything running.