A review by we_are_all_mad_here26
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

lighthearted mysterious

3.0

It's so interesting to me that in order to retrieve a letter that might be able to save the day, Lord Peter had to spend a great deal of money and time, making two trans-Atlantic journeys (in 1920, so air transportation involved the pilot getting drenched in a storm, as happened on LP's return journey) and tracking down a woman, the existence of whom he'd only recently learned.  Whereas now, the whole transaction might have taken 10 minutes or less, and Lord Peter could have spent the time comfortably at his desk with a glass of very expensive port.  Only three stars because the denouement, which was hardly needed at all, went on forever. And I wish that the two main characters were not named Lord Peter and Parker (as in Charles Parker, rarely referred to as anything more than his surname). I don't like it when crucial characters have names that are too similar. I did love Wimsey's mother.