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Violence
Barely any
A death and its strange circumstances; not graphically violent
Language
Barely any
Period British language; clean
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking as is period-appropriate
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild contemplation of mortality and justice
What this book is about
Lord Peter Wimsey and his manservant Bunter are snowbound at a remote East Anglian village when a body is found in a grave it was not buried in. Sayers's eleventh Wimsey novel is widely considered her masterpiece: deeply embedded in the history and craft of change-ringing, the mystery is clever, atmospheric, and morally complex in its resolution.
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