![]() ![]() Why and why had she placed a suitcase in the conservatory? She too was fully dressed at 3am when she found her brother by the body. Mary’s behaviour at the time of Cathcart’s demise also requires some explanation, which she is loathe to give. ![]() Gerald protests his innocence but will not give an explanation as to his whereabouts at the time of Cathcart’s death nor why he was up and about at 3am when he was discovered by the body. To add to the intrigue Cathcart is the fiancé of Mary Wimsey, sister of Peter and Gerald, whom Gerald had just accused, based on information received in a letter that he can no longer find, that Cathcart was a card sharp. Lord Peter cuts short his jaunt sur le continent when he hears the astonishing news that his brother, Gerald, the Duke of Denver, has been arrested, accused of the murder of Denis Cathcart at a shooting lodge in the wilds of Yorkshire which he had hired, as you do, for the season. Clouds of Witness is the second in Dorothy L Sayers’ series, originally published in 1926, and sees her amateur sleuth involved in a case that is too close to home for comfort. Lord Peter Wimsey is not everybody’s cup of tea either as a character or an amateur sleuth, I am immediately taken back to Ian Carmichael’s portrayal of him whenever I come across him in print, but he does get involved in some entertaining, if somewhat improbable, escapades. A review of Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers – 20230330 ![]()
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