Lord Peter Wimsey's brother, Gerald, the Duke of Denver, is in a bit of a pickle. He's been arrested for the murder of his sister's fiance. And, while he says he has a witness, he refuses to say who it was that he was with. Now, he's going to trial but the court of public opinion is already swinging against him. Sister Mary isn't saying what she knows, their mother is wildly amused, and Gerald's wife is coldly shutting down.
Peter will nearly lose his life twice in this book, once in a bog and once on a transatlantic flight but he is able to come through in the end.
Four stars
This book came out in 1926
Opinions are my own
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