The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers

[meganbmoore]

This was, in some ways, a bit jarring after the last Wimsey novel. Set in Galloway, it focuses on the seemingly accidental death of a painter. The police are perfectly willing to dismiss the death as an accident with little or no investigation, but Wimsey says that something in painting proves that it was murder, without explaining what the

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[melengro]

Well, Have His Carcase is way different: very emotional, Harriet-centric, and tied up in what were then current events. Both are great books, but the mood whiplash can be a bit jarring if you're not ready for it.

[meganbmoore]

I kind of figured this one was a bit of a break for her.

Actually, I'm kind of glad this was lighter, because I was alternating it with Chaucer's Troilus and Creseyde, and it hasn't exactly been a relaxing last 2 days.

[melengro]

HHC isn't 'dark'; it's actually a very fun and very romantic book. But it's definitely not as light as FRH.

[cerusee]

This is the only Wimsey book I started that didn't take hold of me right away, and I ended up not finishing it because I had to return it to the library and was preparing for a move. I keep meaning to request it via ILL and try again when I'm not up to my eyeballs in packing material.

[sienamystic]

FRH is the only Wimsey book I don't own and don't ever need to reread again - it really feels like the odd man out among them.

[meganbmoore]

It is very different from the rest.

*stares at icon*

That is an awesome quote. My selfish self says you should remake some of those 1930's icons with Harriet quotes.

[sienamystic]

Isn't it great? It's from

[swanjun]

Heh. I'm reading this right now! I was just saying to friends that they should market this as a sleep aid, because it put me to sleep about 4 times in the first couple of chapters, what with all of the scenic description (to please that friend of hers, I guess).

I'm still in the early stages, but it has since picked up and Wimsey is on the case.

[meganbmoore]

Yeah, the first few chapters were pretty slow. It does pick up, though, but remains pretty different from the other Wimsey books. Still, the lighter, uninvolving storyline was pretty much what I needed yesterday.

[ladysaotome]

It may have been the purest but it was also the most tedious. I got sooo tired of the constant repeat of the many theories - I started pretty much skipping them toward the end. And there was almost no Bunter at all!

[meganbmoore]

It seems to have been written for fun more than anything else.

[swanjun]

I actually liked the different theories and how they all worked with the evidence, but I'm really looking to the next and Peter and Harriet working together on a case.