First published 1199
When an elderly woman dies suddenly, her great-niece stands to inherit a fortune. But Lord Peter Wimsey suspects foul play. Employing his shrewd investigative agent Miss Climpson, Wimsey unravels a tangled web of local gossip, family secrets, and dangerous deception. As he closes in on the truth, a series of shocking events threatens to bury the real killer forever. Can Wimsey expose the unnatural truth before more lives are lost?
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, crime, british-literature, detective
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-detective, unreliable-narrator
Setting: England
Period: 1920s
285 pages · Paperback · Perennial