A review by zoer03
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

5.0

Another classic from the quintessential crime author from the Golden Age of crime writing. This time with some classic sleuthing not just from the main character but from an unlikely source.... a spinsterish middle age woman, who at the time of this novel and the time it is set in would have been called one of "the Superfluous Woman" these were woman who after the deaths of many men in fields across france after WW1 found it hard to 1. marry and 2. there was simply a dearth of men. This then lead to a lot of women working or trying to find work and not sure what to do with their essentially unique freedom, and thus the term superfluous was coined ( in disparaging remarks might I add). Anyway this little character is a gem and is what makes the whole novel come alive with excitement and pace. This is a must read.