The wealthy old woman was dead -- a trifle sooner than expected. The
intricate trail of horror and senseless murder led from a beautiful
hampshire village to a fashionable London flat and a deliberate test of
"amour" -- staged by the debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.
"Here the modern detective story begins to come to its own; and all the
historical importance aside, it remains an absorbing and charming story
today."