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(More customer reviews)There are three questions that come to mind about a book like this. The first two are easy. One: Does it capture the "voice" of the original author? Two: Is it a good story on its own. The answer to both is a resounding YES! Lord Peter's adventure with the Attenbury Emeralds, a sort of "sequel" to his first case, (when he was a much younger man) is a rattling good mystery that easily occupies the top shelf of Sayers' related writing. But, then we come to the third question, and for this I must try to be a bit more... um... impartial. Three: Will today's readers want to read it? As a long-time Sayers (and later Walsh/Sayers fan) I WANT to say yes and, I think I can. BUT, be forewarned. The mysteries of the 30s, 40s, and 50s (in which era, by the way, the story takes place) were/are much more leisurely affairs. Especially the "British" style. One has to question whether Sayers, or Agatha Christie, or Ngaio Marsh, or Mary Roberts Rinehart (each quite different from the other, but whoppingly different from, say Reichs or Grafton) would be able to scale the heights they did, today. One hopes that they would. But, if you are a reader who requires constant movement, action, etc., and you can't lose yourself in such things as simple, CONVERSATION, this may not be the book for you. And you have my sympathy.
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