Have His Carcase

Lord Peter Wimsey, Book 8

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

Narrated by: Jane McDowell

The best of the golden age crime writers, praised by all the top modern writers in the field including P. D. James and Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers created the immortal Lord Peter Wimsey.

In his eighth appearance (and the second book featuring Harriet Vane), he solves a murder on a deserted English beach. With an introduction by Elizabeth George.

A young woman falls asleep on a deserted beach and wakes to discover the body of a man whose throat has been slashed from ear to ear...

The young woman is the celebrated detective novelist Harriet Vane, once again drawn against her will into a murder investigation in which she herself could be a suspect. Lord Peter Wimsey is only too eager to help her clear her name.

©1932 The Trustees of Anthony Fleming (deceased) (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton

Critic reviews

"She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller." (Minette Walters)

staccato delivery

Great book. Reader OK, but too many pauses in the middle of sentences to get top review.

A classic I had only seen the tv version of

This is a classic golden era mystery. Not a cozy mystery though it shares many of what has become that modern trope. It contains periods opinions and prejudices that would be very out of place in a modern novel written for modern sensibilities. This story is spoiled however by the narrator. Although this is a story featuring Harriet Vane her reading fails to engage and does not do the story justice.

A great Sayers-Wimsey combination

The above combination and With Harriet Vane..this is a brilliant book. In typical Sayers style..the mystery unpeels like an omion, in so many layers...Enjoyed the plot and more so the performance. Thanks.