Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
by Dorothy L. Sayers
The 90-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he died – and the timing of his death was a decisive factor in the half-million pound inheritance. Lord Peter Wimsay would have to take every bit of his incredible talents to solve the mysteries of why the general's collar was a red poppy on Armistice Day, how the club's phone was secured without a mechanic, and why the big man's knee swayed freely when the rest was frozen through a hard cut.