Have His Carcase

tags: classics, Harriet Vane, Lord Peter Wimsey, murder mystery

⭐⭐⭐⭐out of 5

From Goodreads 

Harriet Vane has gone on vacation to forget her recent murder trial and, more importantly, to forget the man who cleared her name—the dapper, handsome, and maddening Lord Peter Wimsey. She is alone on a beach when she spies a man lying on a rock, surf lapping at his ankles. She tries to wake him, but he doesn’t budge. His throat has been cut, and his blood has drained out onto the sand. As the tide inches forward, Harriet makes what observations she can and photographs the scene. Finally, she goes for the police, but by the time they return the body has gone. Only one person can help her discover how the poor man died at the beach: Lord Peter, the amateur sleuth who won her freedom and her heart in one fell swoop.

This is Dorothy L Sayers's 8th novel featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. Harriet Vane joins him in solving the complicated murder mystery. The novel is long-ish at almost 500 pages, has a head scratching complicated storyline and a slew of characters. A possible Russian aristocracy ancestry of the dead character adds to the twisty tale. 

I enjoyed Lord Peter and Harriet's light banter and Lord Peter's constant marriage proposal which Harriet all rejected. (They eventually marry in a later book.)

Highly recommended.