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Ryan Schultz rated Death at the Opera: 1 star
Death at the Opera by Gladys Mitchell
From Goodreads: "Hillmaston School has chosen The Mikado for their next school performance and, in recognition of her generous offer …
Ryan Schultz rated The Crocodile on the Sandbank: 4 stars
The Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (Amelia Peabody (1))
Ryan Schultz rated The world of ice.: 4 stars
Ryan Schultz rated The Mummy Case: 2 stars
Ryan Schultz rated The Five Red Herrings: 3 stars
The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey (7))
FIVE RED HERRINGS and a death that smelled of murder. The body was huddled on the pointed rocks alongside the …
Ryan Schultz rated The Black Swan: 2 stars
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize …
Ryan Schultz rated Thrones, dominations: 4 stars
Thrones, dominations by Dorothy L. Sayers
The wife of a wealthy man is found dead, and it is up to Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife, …
Ryan Schultz rated Busman's Honeymoon: 5 stars
Dorothy L. Sayers: Busman's Honeymoon (Paperback, 1937, Harper)
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey (13))
Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane marry and go to spend their honeymoon at Talboys, an old farmhouse in Hertfordshire …
Ryan Schultz rated Strong Poison: 5 stars
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
This is the first in the Lord Peter Wimsey series of stories that includes Harriet Vane. Harriet is introduced as …
Ryan Schultz rated The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: 4 stars
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey (4))
On Armistice day, an elderly gentleman is found dead in his chair at his club. The death seems natural enough, …
Ryan Schultz rated Unnatural death: 5 stars
Unnatural death by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey (3))
Ryan Schultz rated Clouds of Witness: 4 stars
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thrill of the hunt -- …
Ryan Schultz rated Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1): 4 stars
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers
Whose Body? is a 1923 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which she introduced the character of Lord Peter …
Ryan Schultz rated A nice class of corpse: 4 stars
Simon Brett: A nice class of corpse (1987, Scribner)
A nice class of corpse by Simon Brett
Mrs Pargeter is a widow with a shadowy past who, with a little help from her dead husband's friends, is …