As My Wimsey Takes Me

In which Charis and Sharon are back to begin discussing THE NINE TAILORS. We cover the first section of the book, the strong sense of place and atmosphere, and puzzle over where this book fits into the Wimsey chronology. 

In which Charis and Sharon wrap up our discussion of MURDER MUST ADVERTISE with an early reveal of the whodunnit and then our longest conversation yet on the howdunnit, various side quests offered up by the double identity plot, cricket, the novel's sympathy for the murderer, and more!Visit our website at asmywimseytakesme.com for shownotes. You can also find us on X, Instagram, and Tumblr as @wimseypod, and support us on Patreon.

In which Charis and Sharon recap the-mystery-thus-far as it appears at approximately the halfway point of the book. We also get (pretty much immediately) sidetracked by a discussion of blackmail in Victorian and Golden Age detective fiction, discuss the character of Dian de Momerie, spend time teasing out the importance of sincerity and honesty in Lord Peter's romantic life and in Sayers' own writing, and more!This episode touches on the howdunnit of the Victor Dean murder but does not give away the whodunnit or the rest of the mystery plot.Visit our website at asmywimseytakesme.com for shownotes and episode transcripts. You can also find us on X, Instagram, and Tumblr as @wimseypod, and support us on Patreon.

In which Charis and Sharon continue our conversation on MURDER MUST ADVERTISE, beginning with a discussion of literary Modernism and why Sharon views this as the most Modernist of the Wimsey novels. We also run through the copy department staff and their merits as coworkers, summarize the Great Nutrax Row, get a welcome dose of domestic bliss through a visit to the Parkers, and touch briefly on Peter’s moonlighting as a masked harlequin. This episode touches on events and revelations through the eleventh chapter, and does not give away the whodunnit.

In which Charis and Sharon begin our conversation on MURDER MUST ADVERTISE and introduce the mysterious goings-on at Pym's Publicity that summon one Death Bredon to investigate. We cover the difference between the "mystery of the mystery" and the "mystery of the text," Dorothy L. Sayers' own work at an advertising agency, her views on mass consumption and the tricky ethics of the advertising trade, and more.This episode touches on events and revelations from the beginning of the book to approximately halfway through the fourth chapter, and does not give away the whodunnit.Visit our website at asmywimseytakesme.com for shownotes and episode transcripts. You can also find us on X, Instagram, and Tumblr as @wimseypod, and support us on Patreon.