The New English Library are republishing the whole series this year with a new Introduction by Elizabeth George, so it is an excellent opportunity to catch up. Well, I can give you my first impressions at least, and encouragement to try them yourself, in print, and unabridged. I knew there were whole societies devoted to Ms Sayers, and was frightened by the prospect of writing a review of a foppish and unemotional sleuth which would show up how uneducated I really am. I had however recently listened to an abridged audio of an earlier book in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, CLOUDS OF WITNESS, and wondered what the fuss was all about. As a child I was stuck on Christie, and then moved straight to more contemporary writers without looking back. First, a terrifying confession: I had never read a Dorothy L Sayers novel until I picked up THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB.
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