"Can Lord Peter Wimsey prove that Harriet Vane is not guilty of murder--or find the real poisoner in time to save her from the gallows? Impossible, it seems. The Crown's case is watertight. The police are adamant that the right person is on trial. The judge's summing-up is also …
Lord Peter and his mystery-writer bride, Harriet Vane, are forced to postpone their relaxing country honeymoon when they find a startling surprise in the cellar of their new estate: a corpse.
by Sayers, Dorothy L., (Dorothy Leigh)
fromLord Peter Wimsey mysteries
Lord Peter and his mystery-writer bride, Harriet Vane, are forced to postpone their relaxing country honeymoon when they find a startling surprise in the cellar of their new estate: a corpse.
When their plans for a private and romantic honeymoon are disrupted by the untimely murder of their estate's former owner, newlyweds Lord Peter and Harriet Vane are baffled by the strange clues that they discover.