“The special qualities of Dorothy Sayers’ writing are seen here at their best” as Lord Peter battles to solve the murder of a war hero (Saturday Review). Even the Bellona Club’s most devoted members would never call it lively. Its atmosphere is that of a morgue—or, at best, a funeral parlor—and on Armistice Day the gloom is only heightened. Veterans of the Great War gather at the Bellona not to … gather at the Bellona not to hash over old victories, but to stare into their whiskies and complain about old injuries, shrinking pensions, and the lingering effects of shell shock. Though he acts jolly, Lord Peter Wimsey finds the holiday grim. And this Armistice Day, death has come to join the festivities.
The aged General Fentiman—a hero of the Crimean War—expires sitting up in his favorite chair. Across town, his sister dies on the same day, throwing the General’s half-million-pound inheritance into turmoil. As the nation celebrates and suspicions run riot, Lord Peter must discover what kind of soldier would have the nerve to murder a general.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is the 5th book in the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series by reading the books in any order.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.
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A classic from one of the detective genre’s best writers, Dorothy L. Sayers, with one of its best protagonists, Lord Peter Wimsey.
I wish there were more Lord Peter novels, short stories,etc.
Great procedural. Lord Wimsey at his brilliant best.
Sayers is marvelous – one of the true queens of classic mysteries.
Lord Peter is a snooty and enthralling amateur detective. Anything Sayers writes, fiction or non, is worth reading.
well written, excellent story. Didn’t want to put it down; when I got to the end and realized that there was no more, I was nooooooooo! Where is the rest! Can’t wait for part 2 to come up on bookbub
A whimsical look at the post world war 1 period. Like Dickens, the author was probably paid by the number of words and so verbosity is evident. Characters are drawn well by their inner thoughts and expressions. A fine read on bad weather days.
Dorothy Sayers always brings it, LOL humor, twisted plots, interwoven with sly class comedy & a murder. Bake in an oven @350 for twenty minutes!
As always, Dorothy Sawyers presents a great plot that really makes me work to try to figure out “who done it” before the answer is revealed.
As with all of Dorothy Sayers books, it was well written with characters with their own idiosyncracies. Her books are plot driven, not action driven. Love all of her books.
What’s not to love about Sayers and Wimsey? Always entertaining!
Albert Campion has been a favorite since Peter Davison played the character on Mystery. Books are well-written and great fun!
If you haven’t read any of Dorothy Sayers’s Peter Wimsey novels, and you are an Anglophile, you are in for a treat. This is one of my favorites (even though it has no romance for Wimsey), and I come back to it every so often. Wimsey’s character sells it, and the British setting (1920’s and ’30’s). Wimsey is quirky but sharp, the dowager duchess is …
Dorothy Sayers is the Charles Dickens of mysteries. I haven’t spent time with Lord Peter Wimsey in several years. I enjoyed the amazing characters, with their quirks, and the wonderful dialogue.