Unnatural Death

Short Review: This is the third book in the Peter Wimsey series (but the fifth I have read since I have been reading them out of order.) Wimsey overhears a doctor talking about the death of a patient and decides that the patient was killed, and might have been a perfect crime. So most of the book is trying to figure out who would have killed an elderly woman that was already just a couple months from dying. Once the likely suspect was identified the rest of the book tries to figure out how.

This is a good book, but not as good as the first and sixth books of the series. But better than the fourth book (a short story collection.)

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/unnatural-death/

More enjoyable time spent with Lord Peter Whimsey, Bunter, Parker and, new to the series, Miss Climpsen. Climpsen is a very spritely and adventurous detective in her own right who does much of the leg work for Peter. All the characters display their usual charm and witty dialoge that make Sayers such an enjoyable read.
An Unnatural Death shows some excellent pacing as the book dramically escalates toward it's final scene. this is a marked improvement over the previous book in the series which featured a somewhat cumbersome and unsatisfing ending.

‰ЫПI am baffled, Watson (said he, his hawk-like eyes gleaming angrily from under the half-closed lids). Even I am baffled. But not for long! (he cried, with a magnificent burst of self-confidence). My Honour (capital H) is concerned to track this Human Fiend (capitals) to its hidden source, and nail the whited sepulchre to the mast even though it crush me in the attempt! Loud applause. His chin sank broodingly upon his dressing-gown, and he breathed a few guttural notes into the bass saxophone which was the cherished companion of his solitary hours in the bathroom.‰Ыќ