I enjoyed seeing characters and events from several viewpoints, showing the vast inconsistencies in what we all call the truth. I find the same effect when reading published diaries. No chapter breaks make it tempting to read just one more entry, which leads to many. She’s wonderfully described as a suburban vamp with lots of S.A.Īs the title implies, this is an epistolary novel, not my favourite structure but it is addictive. Harrison is a fussy, mild-mannered accountant – sounds perfect for a 1920s murderer – and his wife Margaret is much younger. When the story begins, their top floors are newly leased to two young men, an artist and an aspiring novelist. The setting is the London suburb of Bayswater in 1928, where the Harrisons live in a tall Victorian house with their lady-help, Miss Agatha Milsom. While I don’t rate it as highly as the Wimsey stories – which I love – it was very enjoyable and I’m glad to have re-read it after many years. Published in 1930, this is Sayers’ only novel not to feature Lord Peter Wimsey.
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