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Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13) by Dorothy L. Sayers
bookshelves: spring-2014, mystery-thriller, radio-4x, series, published-1937, play-dramatisation, britain-england
Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners
Read from May 16 to 30, 2014
Description: Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride, mystery writer Harriet Vane, start their honeymoon with murder. The former owner of Tallboys estate is dead in the cellar with a misspelled "notise" to the milkman, not a spot of blood on his smashed skull, and £600 in his pocket.
Classic Serial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jwgl
Episode 1/6: Honeymooners Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife soon find their marital bliss disturbed. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian Carmichael.
Episode 2/6: With Noakes dead, the superintendent has his suspicions, but posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is not so sure.
Episode 3/6: With more questioning over Noakes's murder, there's revelatory evidence from Lord Peter Wimsey's cleaner.
Episode 4/6: Not Why, But How: Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride try to recreate the lead-up to the circumstances of Noakes's murder.
Episode 5/6: Crossed in Love: As the murder victim's debts start mounting up, Lord Peter Wimsey becomes suspicious of his niece.
Episode 6/6: With no clear murder suspect, the removal men's arrival helps Lord Peter Wimsey to spot a vital clue.
The theme tune is taken at 2mins 40secs from Paul Whiteman, Henry Busse "WHEN DAY IS DONE" (1927)
4* Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #1)
2.5*Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #2)
3* Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #3)
3* The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
3* Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #6)
3* Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #7)
3* Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #8)
3* Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #10)
3* The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #11)
3* Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #12)
4* Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
Classic Serial http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jwgl Episode 1/6: Honeymooners Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife soon find their marital bliss disturbed. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian Carmichael. Episode 2/6: With Noakes dead, the superintendent has his suspicions, but posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is not so sure. Episode 3/6: With more questioning over Noakes's murder, there's revelatory evidence from Lord Peter Wimsey's cleaner. Episode 4/6: Not Why, But How: Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride try to recreate the lead-up to the circumstances of Noakes's murder. Episode 5/6: Crossed in Love: As the murder victim's debts start mounting up, Lord Peter Wimsey becomes suspicious of his niece. Episode 6/6: With no clear murder suspect, the removal men's arrival helps Lord Peter Wimsey to spot a vital clue.The theme tune is taken at 2mins 40secs from Paul Whiteman, Henry Busse "WHEN DAY IS DONE" (1927)
4* Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #1)
2.5*Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #2)
3* Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #3)
3* The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
3* Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #6)
3* Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #7)
3* Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #8)
3* Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #10)
3* The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #11)
3* Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #12)
4* Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
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