A Peter Wimsey mystery when he's very rarely in the book. This features his love interest Harriet Vane mostly who is attempting to deal with a series of malicious letters and damage at her old Oxford College.
The mystery is solid, not shattering but it does give scope to Sayers feminist writing and she continually makes good points regarding how women were treated and perceived in the 20's and 30's especially if they had a 'brain'.
Perhaps overly long for its subject matter but Sayers is good all the time, sometimes outstanding.
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