Book cover featuring a Victorian-era gentleman detective in a dark suit standing under a full moon in a stormy night sky, against a background of a brightly lit greenhouse with two figures standing over a third, lying dead at the foot of the entrance.
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Book cover featuring a Victorian-era gentleman detective in a dark suit standing under a full moon in a stormy night sky, against a background of a brightly lit greenhouse with two figures standing over a third, lying dead at the foot of the entrance.
An informational graphic featuring a black-and-white portrait of Dorothy L. Sayers on the right and biographical text in gold on the left, on a dark background.

Clouds of Witness

Dorothy L. Sayers

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Book #2 of 15 in the Lord Peter Wimsey detective series.

 

A dead body on the terrace. A duke accused of murder. A family bound together by dangerous secrets.

When Captain Cathcart is found shot outside a remote Yorkshire hunting lodge at three in the morning, the evidence points directly to the Duke of Denver, Lord Peter Wimsey’s own brother. The fatal bullet came from the duke's revolver, yet both he and their sister, Lady Mary, refuse to explain what they were doing on the night of Cathcart’s death. Determined to clear his brother’s name, Lord Peter enters a tangled investigation filled with secret romances, suspicious footprints, missing letters, and contradictory testimony. From the rain-soaked moors of the English countryside to a sensational trial before the House of Lords, Wimsey must unravel the private scandals surrounding his family—before loyalty and silence condemn an innocent man.

 

The second book in Dorothy L. Sayers’s iconic Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series, Clouds of Witness is an atmospheric Golden Age detective novel combining an ingenious country-house mystery with family drama, sparkling wit, and sharply drawn psychological suspense. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, and R. Austin Freeman, as well as readers who love aristocratic period dramas, gentleman detectives, amateur sleuths, intricate whodunits, ingenious murder methods, and classic British crime fiction. Ideal for libraries, book clubs, and vintage mystery collectors alike.

Book cover featuring a Victorian-era gentleman detective in a dark suit standing under a full moon in a stormy night sky, against a background of a brightly lit greenhouse with two figures standing over a third, lying dead at the foot of the entrance.
An informational graphic featuring a black-and-white portrait of Dorothy L. Sayers on the right and biographical text in gold on the left, on a dark background.

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