What a romp. Lord Peter Wimsey is the creation of Dorothy Sayers, and although most of the cultural elements are hard to understand, given that they're placed largely around the time of the Great War (1910s through the mid 1920s), they contain enough familiar elements so that you are intrigued and guessing. In some ways Ms Sayers doesn't play fair to American readers, for she assumes the cultural experience of the sophisticated Brits (remember, they're just across the Channel from Europe), so in one story some knowledge of this would be helpful to spot the turning point. I won't say more, because I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise. From wine-tasting to hunting in the English countryside, from lunching at a British club to a trip to down-home Scotland, the stories in this book give you a full picture of British life and also mislead you openly about the plots, motives, and characterizations.

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