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Originally Posted by DrNefario
Yesterday, I finished Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers, part of my current trawl through the "Queens of Crime" golden-age detective fiction. I wasn't that impressed, to be honest. I found Wimsey quite irritating, and I didn't really get the dialects. The mystery part was okay, but there was only one real suspect, and it was resolved surprisingly early. I hope the Wimsey books get better. I have more.
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Do stick with them. "Whose Body" is weak, I agree, but the series rapidly gets MUCH better. It's best to read them in order, because there's real character development as the series moves on. Taken as a whole, this is one of my favourite series.