A review by aggressive_nostalgia
The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers

5.0

This was loaned to me by a wise friend who caught wind of my current obsession with [a: Agatha Christie|123715|Agatha Christie|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1321738793p2/123715.jpg] – and what a turn in my summer reading chronicle! Sayers writes a very different type of mystery than Christie, less of a "whodunit" than a "why-and-how done it". Instead of keeping the reader constantly guessing about the culprit and pulling out a twist ending, Sayers keys in the main part of the solution about halfway through and keeps the reader hooked with witty writing and exquisitely unfolding drama. I love a good character-driven story, and this was certainly that. And it was, unexpectedly for me, very funny.

I have three more of Sayers' books waiting on my shelf, and I'm definitely making time for them ASAP.