To clear the family name, Lord Peter and his friend Inspector Charles Parker scour the lodge's grounds, finding tantalizing clues that include mysterious footprints, a piece of jewelry, and a cat-shaped charm. Their older brother, Gerald, the Duke of Denver, appears to be the culprit and is accordingly arrested and put on trial. In Clouds of Witness, when the fiancé of Lord Peter's sister, Mary, is found dead outside the conservatory of the Wimsey family's shooting lodge in Yorkshire, the evidence points in an unfortunate direction. James, bestselling author of the Inspector Adam Dalgliesh series She gave it a new style and a new direction, and she did more than almost any other writer of her age to make the genre intellectually respectable.” -P. “Sayers brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, and wit. A witty and clever whodunit by one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century, featuring her dashing amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey.
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