I wanted to like this so much, but I'm afraid I went in expecting Agatha and no one can hold a candle to her.

Lord Peter is annoying. There, I said it. He drove me nuts with the way he spoke, too. But you know who I did enjoy? Bunter. He's going to make me read book 2. The mystery was ok, with Lord Peter creating a bunch of red herrings, mostly in his mind, and the characters are all pretty well drawn.

It's a 2.5 star start for me, but I will round up because Bunter is one of my favorite new characters.