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Sayers reminds me of GK Chesterton in this novel in the way she uses the form to gently deflate the radical political ideas of the day without losing the plot. The trial procedure for the peer of a realm contrasted with the romances of Wimsey's sister Mary neatly highlight the decaying class system in which these characters move. It's full of priceless moments, such as the one where a character is told witheringly that while he could be forgiven being a murderer, he can't be forgiven for being an ass.
The book suffers a bit from an overly complicated plot that only becomes overly complicated three-quarters of the way through and Sayers accidentally makes several of the red herring characters more interesting than the really pertinent ones. Most importantly, I felt like the character of the murdered man was not illuminated as well as she has done in some of her other novels-- despite all the details provided, he felt curiously unfinished or stock.
Lord Peter returns from Corsica. To find his older brother the Duke of Denver practically accused of murder. What is worse is his brother is not talking. So it is up to Peter to find out what happened and clear his brother.
In the process he puts his foot in it and practically gets all his relatives and friends accused. As with all Sayers' stories nothing is simple there are overlapping plots and foolish deeds, as if Peter can not figure them out. On the side we learn a little about English society and ballistics.
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