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title: "Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries #6)"
description: "Summary: Harriet Vane is introduced to the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series. I read the final book of the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series last week, and that inspired me to go back and listen to the..."
url: https://bookwi.se/strong-poison-2/
date: 2022-05-11
modified: 2022-05-11
author: "Adam Shields"
categories: ["Book Reviews"]
type: post
lang: en
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# Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries #6)

**[![Strong Poison cover image](https://bookwi.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image-2-300x300.jpeg)](https://www.audible.com/pd/Strong-Poison-Audiobook/B002V0K4Z8?ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_&pf_rd_p=80765e81-b10a-4f33-b1d3-ffb87793d047&pf_rd_r=D8QK1BHHEE1KRXFQTV7N)Summary: Harriet Vane is introduced to the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series.**

I read the [final book of the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series](https://bookwi.se/busmans-honeymoon/) last week, and that inspired me to go back and listen to the audiobook of Strong Poison, the book where Harriet Vane was introduced. Unfortunately, I continue to not really be a fan of Ian Carmichael’s audiobook. They are fine, but not as well narrated and engineered as I think they should be.

There is not much different from this second reading of [Strong Poison than my thoughts after the first reading](https://bookwi.se/strong-poison/). I was mostly interested in getting the details of the book, so I could read the books between Strong Poison and Busman’s Holiday over the next couple of weeks. I also wish that Harriet was more present in this book. She is basically a damsel in distress here. She is in jail for virtually the entire book. People know her and reference her, but she is not a strong character. She is more present in Have His Carcase, but that is still mostly told from Peter’s perspective. I still have not read a number of the short stories, and I am currently in the middle of Gaudy Night (which is told from Harriet’s perspective). Gaudy Night and Busman’s Holiday prove that this could have been a good series that focuses on the two of them, not just Harriet as a sidekick.

At some point, I will probably read the Jill Paton Walsh series based on this one. Jill Paton Walsh turned a draft of Sayers into [Thrones, Dominations](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312181965/) and then wrote an [additional three books](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C36DF2F?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tukn) about the married life of the Wimsey’s.

**Strong Poison Purchase Links: [Paperback](//buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=43399&GR_URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FStrong-Poison-Dorothy-L-Sayers%2Fdp%2F1500273678%2F%3Ftag%3Dmrshiecom-20&dtb=1), [Kindle Edition](//buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=43399&GR_URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FStrong-Poison-Annotated-Dorothy-Sayers-ebook%2Fdp%2FB008JVJKOY%2F%3Ftag%3Dmrshiecom-20&dtb=1), [Audible.com Audiobook](https://www.audible.com/pd/Strong-Poison-Audiobook/B002V0K4Z8)**