The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimefresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
Boxlist takeAn intimate, fresh mystery: grounded and intricate. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
On Armistice day, an elderly gentleman is found dead in his chair at his club. The death seems natural enough, but a tricky question of inheritance leads Lord Peter to try to pin the time down more exactly. And the more questions he asks, the more unpleasant things start to seem.
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- Author
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 254
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