I just finished Have His Carcase by Dorothy Sayers. I have now read all of her Lord Peter Wimsey mystery novels. My goal for this year was to read the last two that I had not yet read, this one, and The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club.
To be honest, it was not my favorite of her books. I have found the romance ones involving Wimsey and Harriet Vane like this one among the least satisfying. I like the focus being on just Wimsey, which was one of the strengths of the Unpleasantness. Moreover, this one involves a cipher, and pages of solving it. I've never been a fan of ciphers. Finally, I found the ending unsatisfying and a little too contrived.
Whatever, I have now met one of my reading goals.
More mysteries await!
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