{"product_id":"clouds-of-witness-a-lord-peter-wimsey-mystery","title":"Clouds of Witness: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The grouse season has begun, and Lord Peter Wimsey's brother, the Duke of Denver, has descended upon the Wimsey family retreat in rustic Riddlesdale village with a small hunting party. Captain Denis Cathcart, Wimsey's soon-to-be brother-in-law, is found shot dead at the door of the lodge's conservatory, and the accused murderer is Gerald, the Duke of Denver. Faced with a multiplicity of clues, suspects, and scandalous behavior, Lord Wimsey and Chief Inspector Parker of Scotland Yard work together to solve this cozy atmospheric and suspenseful whodunit. Ranked with Agatha Christie as a master of the English crime fiction and mystery genres, Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) wrote eleven novels featuring the aristocratic gentleman detective, Lord Peter Wimsey\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContents \n\u003cbr\u003e I. Of His Malice Aforethought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e II. The Green-Eyed Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e III. Mudstains and Bloodstains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e IV. --And His Daughter Much-Afraid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e V. The Rue St. Honoré and the Rue de la Paix . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e VI. Mary Quite Contrary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e VII. The Club and the Bullet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e VIII. Mr. Parker Takes Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e IX. Goyles. \n\u003cbr\u003e X. Nothing Abides at the Noon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e XI. Meribah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e XII. The Alibi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e XIII. Manon. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e XIV. The Edge of the Axe Towards Him . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e XV. Bar Falling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e XVI. The Second String. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e XVII. The Eloquent Dead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e XVIII. The Speech for the Defense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \n\u003cbr\u003e XIX. Who Goes Home? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This Dover edition, first published in 2022, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, in 1926, and first published as Clouds of witnesses in the United States by Lincoln MacVeagh-The Dial Press, New York, in 1927.\"--Title page verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Back\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe grouse season has begun, and Lord Peter Wimsey's brother, Gerald, the Duke of Denver, has descended upon the Wimsey family retreat in rustic Riddlesdale with a small hunting party. Captain Denis Cathcart, the fiancé of Lord Peter's sister, Mary, is found shot dead at the door of the lodge's conservatory, and the accused murderer is none other than the Duke of Denver. Faced with a multiplicity of clues, suspects, and scandalous behavior, Lord Wimsey and Chief Inspector Parker of Scotland Yard work together to solve this cozy atmospheric and suspenseful whodunit to clear the Wimsey family's name. \n\u003cbr\u003e Ranked with Agatha Christie as a master of the English crime fiction and mystery genres, Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) wrote eleven novels featuring the aristocratic gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey. \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe grouse season has begun, and Lord Peter Wimsey's brother, the Duke of Denver, has descended upon the Wimsey family retreat in rustic Riddlesdale village with a small hunting party. Captain Denis Cathcart, Wimsey's soon-to-be brother-in-law, is found shot dead at the door of the lodge's conservatory, and the accused murderer is Gerald, the Duke of Denver. 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