Clouds of Witness – Part 1
By Dorothy L. Sayers
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Tonight, Lord Peter Wimsey is lying in a silk bathrobe at the Hôtel Meurice — café au lait barely set down, a Corsican holiday behind him — when Bunter folds The Times to the headline: Duke of Denver Arrested on Murder Charge.
A fine place to begin. This is Sayers's second Wimsey novel, and Part 1 opens in 1920s England — shooting-lodges, a body found outside the conservatory at Riddlesdale Lodge, and a ducal family in the dock. Wimsey's dry wit arrives from the first page; so does Bunter, already repacking the bags.
This is a slow, 1920s detective reading for sleep — soft spoken. No drama. Just a Paris hotel, a folded newspaper, and terrible news with the coffee.
Thanks for listening with us tonight. Sweet dreams.
— Ian & Alex
💤 This audiobook is for you if
- You fall asleep better with a voice than with silence
- You love golden-age detective fiction — or the Wimsey novels in particular
- You want something slow enough to actually let go
- 1920s England, aristocratic houses, and very dry wit is your kind of bedtime
🌙 Best experienced
Headphones on. Lights off. Somewhere warm.
Let the autumn morning at the Hôtel Meurice do the rest.
Includes mentions of: Murder, Court inquest, Illness, Travel.
