Murder Must Advertise: Library Edition

from sbsolter

This was my first Dorothy Sayers novel and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The plot was well-constructed and I didn't fully guess all the details of the mystery. Beyond the mystery itself she paints a detailed picture of a 1930s advertising firm and the 1930s drug smuggling world and I learned a bit of ...

from kaulsu

The idea behind the mystery was interesting, but the book bogged down often in just way too much detail. I'm sure readers from ex-British colonial countries (as well, of course, U. K.) probably enjoyed the long play-by-play chapter about a match. I suppose I'm lucky it wasn't a 5-day event.

from LisaMaria_C

Reading this novel I get why people praise Dorothy Sayers not just as some clever puzzle-maker, creator of a classic detective or a mere mystery writer, but as a fine novelist who wrote works that can be called literature. In this story, after a half-finished letter implying corruption is found a...

from KimMR

This novel is as much a satire on the advertising industry and office politics as it is a mystery, and none the worse for it. Witty and entertaining, with some genuine laugh-out-loud moments. And Peter Wimsey, of course. (Though, sadly, not as much of Bunter as I would have liked!)

from worrellw

I really like the main character, Lord Peter Wimsey. I got lost in the description of the cricket match although I was able to follow what was a good thing and what was bad. And who could not be entertained by a line like "What-ho! That absolutely whangs the nail over the crumpet."?