• Busman's Honeymoon

  • Lord Peter Wimsey, Book 13
  • By: Dorothy L Sayers
  • Narrated by: Jane McDowell
  • Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (23 ratings)

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Busman's Honeymoon

By: Dorothy L Sayers
Narrated by: Jane McDowell
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Publisher's summary

They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then,Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride, Harriet Vane, find the previous owner's body in the cellar.

Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel.

Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story with romantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style.

©1937 The Trustees of Anthony Fleming (deceased) (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton

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excellent book

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A great combination of light hearted murder mystery and romance . The narration is fine, except for a few spots of some poor editing near the beginning

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Good book mediocre reader

French and Latin quotes unrecognizable and voices not really very credible. Lord Peter got lost in the transcription...

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OMG who chose this narrator and why?!

One of the most beloved books I have in my library, naturally, I jumped at the chance of having an audio version...Titanic is nothing to this disaster: a funny and lyrical, sophisticated and lovely text turned into a shrill staccato parody. One of the most tactful and beautiful love scenes - into a hurried romp through a village market.

Where did they get that narrator? Who chose her - she is obviously seeing the text for the first time in her life, has no sense of humor, no idea of the variety of tones and accents, of the quiet intelligent humor that is one of the loveliest things about Sayers' books.

The worst possible thing is that she has already done nearly all the novels - so there is obviously no chance of getting another narration in the foreseeable future.

If you love Dorothy Sayers novels, DO NOT buy those books. It's better to re-read them yet another time rather than listening to this disaster.

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