Reading the Detectives discussion

This is the spoiler thread for our buddy read of Striding Folly. It's assumed that anyone posting in this thread has read the book, so you can discuss the solutions to the mysteries etc freely.

Having finished this now, I was interested to see that, "Talboys," which I really enjoyed was previously unpublished. It was worth publishing this book just for that story I think.

I enjoyed all the stories. Probably in order of my personal enjoyment: Talboys, Striding Folly and The Haunted Policeman, but I liked them all.

I definitely agree that Talboys was the best, but I probably like The Haunted Policeman better than Striding Folly.

In Striding Folly I was taken aback that we never really get a full explanation of whodunit - just suspects to look for - and also there is no real reason for the dream, unless it is supernatural! I might not have understood it all properly, though?

I do think Sayers is good at building up the suspense and creepiness in this type of tale, all the same - she would have been a good horror writer.

It did have a sense of unreality about it - I felt it was halfway between crime and horror.

Judy wrote: "I definitely agree that Talboys was the best, but I probably like The Haunted Policeman better than Striding Folly.

In Striding Folly I was taken aback that we never really get a full explanation ..."

I agree about Striding Folly (which was bizarre) but I think that I liked The Haunted Policeman slightly better than Talboys. I did like very much the ending of Talboys where Lord Peter and his eldest son work together to wreak vengence on the interfering lady visitor though!

I found The Haunted Policeman a strange story - HOW on earth did LP work that one out? On so little sleep too :)

Susan wrote: "I found The Haunted Policeman a strange story - HOW on earth did LP work that one out? On so little sleep too :)"

I just assumed it was his "liberal arts" background!

Could have been, Leslie :)