The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Clu..., Dorothy L. Sayers
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Clu..., Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

Author: Dorothy L. Sayers

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Unabridged: 7 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2024

Synopsis

General Fentiman is found dead on the afternoon of November 11 in his armchair at the Bellona Club—just hours after the passing of his wealthy estranged sister. At ninety years old, his physician certifies death by natural causes. The important question, then, is not how he died, but when, as the answer determines the fate of an inheritance worth half a million pounds. If he died after his sister, her fortune stands to go to his grandsons, who are sorely in need of the funds. However, if his sister outlived him—even if only briefly—the money instead goes to his sister's companion, Ann Dorland. Fellow Bellona Club member and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey has to untangle a series of events to determine the general's precise time of death—and figure out if it was, in fact, a result of natural causes.

About Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1893 – 1957) was a renowned English crime writer best known for her mysteries featuring the aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. The only child of an Oxford chaplain, she was one of the first women to receive a degree from that institution. A prolific writer of poems and plays as well as novels, she was a contemporary and friend of Agatha Christie, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

About Mark Meadows

Mark Meadows is an experienced narrator and actor who has narrated over 100 audiobooks. His works include the 2013 Man Booker Prize winner The Luminaries as well as voice work for Ridley Scott's Prometheus. In addition to his extensive theater, film, and television credits, he frequently contributes to plays, musicals, and readings for BBC Radio 3 and 4.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on August 07, 2024

The Lord Peter Wimsey series almost feels like Dorothy Sayers channeled Agatha Christie and stole one of P.G. Wodehouse's characters. <--that's a compliment. I'm not trying to say Sayers plagiarized anything, for the love of god! The aforementioned "unpleasantness" starts when an elderly gentleman at......more

Goodreads review by Jaline on December 14, 2017

This is the fifth Dorothy Sayers novel I have read in her Lord Peter Wimsey series, and I continue to enjoy her writing, and Lord Peter’s character development. There is even an updated biography (by Lord Peter’s uncle) at the back of the book so we can continue to fill in the gaps of his life as th......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on January 27, 2018

I should disclaim that I Iistened to the BBC radio dramatization of this on my commutes rather than read it. (For those thinking about doing the same: Each of the stories in the collection is around about three hours to listen to, so time your own commute out accordingly.) And really, the story is pr......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on September 17, 2017

This is the book where Sayers starts to hit her stride with Lord Peter. He is suddenly beginning to look like a fully fleshed out man, perceptive, subtly hard-edged, sometimes silly, and thoroughly likable. The mystery gives us a chance to see him puzzle out two different puzzles while watching him......more

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