![]() ![]() ![]() (This analysis is an attempt to learn from a master. ![]() (If you don’t want spoilers, stop reading here.) Analysis If you like Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries even half as much as I do, then you might enjoy my murder mystery, The Dean Died Over Winter Break. It is from this tangled situation that the title comes: the whole situations is fogged by clouds of witness.Ĭlouds of Witness has everything you expect in a Lord Peter Wimsey story: detection, reasoning, speculation, wit, engaging characters, and 1920s England. In fact, most everyone at the hunting lodge contradicts the story of everyone else there. The victim was engaged to the Duke’s sister, and he can give only a very unsatisfactory account of his whereabouts at the time of the murder. The Duke was the first to discover the body, and is put on trial for having been the one who put it there. There is a dead body in the first chapter, at an English hunting lodge rented by the Duke of Denver (Lord Peter’s brother) and occupied by several friends. While my general recommendation is to start with Strong Poison, as my favorite Lord Peter novels are the Harriet Vane quadrilogy, Clouds of Witness would also be a good place to start with Lord Peter Wimsey if you’re new to him.Ĭlouds of Witness is a good, solid armchair cozy. Clouds of Witness is the second novel featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, following Whose Body?. ![]()
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