Dorothy and Agatha

Rating:
Summary: Not great and not terrible
Review: A corpse is found in Dorothy Sayers home and Dorothy becomes the prime suspect. Agatha Christie comes to the rescue, and the two most famous mystery writers of the mid-Twentieth Century set out to solve a mystery. If you are already familiar with events in the lives of Agatha and Dorothy, this book will not reveal anything about their lives that you don't already know. The book is worth reading if you are (as I am) a lover of the works of Agatha and Dorothy. But don't expect the plot or the writing to equal the efforts of the real Agatha Christy and Dorothy Sayers.

Rating:
Summary: Not great and not terrible
Review: A corpse is found in Dorothy Sayers home and Dorothy becomes the prime suspect. Agatha Christie comes to the rescue, and the two most famous mystery writers of the mid-Twentieth Century set out to solve a mystery. If you are already familiar with events in the lives of Agatha and Dorothy, this book will not reveal anything about their lives that you don't already know. The book is worth reading if you are (as I am) a lover of the works of Agatha and Dorothy. But don't expect the plot or the writing to equal the efforts of the real Agatha Christy and Dorothy Sayers.

Rating:
Summary: Two great writers, one pretty good mystery
Review: Dorothy Sayers comes home from a meeting to find a dead man in her house. When a letter supposedly from the dead man to his "Dorothy darling" is discovered in his pocket, she become the chief suspect. But this is not a good time for a corpse. She's right in the middle of writing a religious play and fears the publicity would kill any career she might hope to have in serious religous writing.

So when the Detective Club next meets, her friends all decide to help the police by discovering the identity of the dead man, so the police can find who really killed the man and leave their friend alone. But it doesn't work like that. The evidence all points to a possible connection between the dead man and the writer that even her friends can't deny.

The other writers all give up after Dorothy finds out what they're up to. Only Agatha Christie hangs on, and before long, the two women are in a desperate race to save the lives of the next victims. But as the deaths mount up and the police ask more questions, the two greatest mystery writers of the age are almost outwitted by a determined killer.

I enjoyed this book. I didn't really know much about the life of Dorothy Sayers and I enjoyed finding out more about who she really was. I love Agatha Christie and I liked reading about her. Another thing I loved was reading about their fellow members of the Detection Club. It made me want to read more of their books.

My main complaint is that the identity of the murderer become obvious too early. I couldn't believe that either of the women took that long to figure it out. And the police aren't really that dumb either. It wasn't that believable. But it was fun. If you're a fan of either writer, you will probably enjoy the book, but it's certainly no substitute for the real thing.

Rating:
Summary: Two great writers, one pretty good mystery
Review: Dorothy Sayers comes home from a meeting to find a dead man in her house. When a letter supposedly from the dead man to his "Dorothy darling" is discovered in his pocket, she become the chief suspect. But this is not a good time for a corpse. She's right in the middle of writing a religious play and fears the publicity would kill any career she might hope to have in serious religous writing.

So when the Detective Club next meets, her friends all decide to help the police by discovering the identity of the dead man, so the police can find who really killed the man and leave their friend alone. But it doesn't work like that. The evidence all points to a possible connection between the dead man and the writer that even her friends can't deny.

The other writers all give up after Dorothy finds out what they're up to. Only Agatha Christie hangs on, and before long, the two women are in a desperate race to save the lives of the next victims. But as the deaths mount up and the police ask more questions, the two greatest mystery writers of the age are almost outwitted by a determined killer.

I enjoyed this book. I didn't really know much about the life of Dorothy Sayers and I enjoyed finding out more about who she really was. I love Agatha Christie and I liked reading about her. Another thing I loved was reading about their fellow members of the Detection Club. It made me want to read more of their books.

My main complaint is that the identity of the murderer become obvious too early. I couldn't believe that either of the women took that long to figure it out. And the police aren't really that dumb either. It wasn't that believable. But it was fun. If you're a fan of either writer, you will probably enjoy the book, but it's certainly no substitute for the real thing.