As My Wimsey Takes Me Charis Ellison and Sharon Hsu

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.

In which Charis and Sharon wrap up our discussion (finally!) of HAVE HIS CARCASE. We pick up about halfway through the book with an emotional watershed moment for Peter and Harriet, cover the discovery of the corpse, and give away the whodunnit and howdunnit. Also in this episode: some fond ribbing of Theater People, Mrs. Weldon as the series' Final Girl when it comes to elderly women murdered for their fortunes, our impatience with ciphers, and more!
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Visit our website at asmywimseytakesme.com for further shownotes and episode transcripts.

Surprise! Charis and Sharon return at long last to the shores of Wilvercombe to continue our discussion on HAVE HIS CARCASE. We share life updates for both of us, discuss why this book's plot is so impossible to talk about, bring up Raymond Chandler's thoughts on Golden Age detectives, and cover an important emotional watershed for Harriet and Peter. Also: we run through changes in our posting schedule going forward and introduce our Patreon!This episode tips its hat at the whodunnit of the murder but does not give detailed spoilers about the howdunnit.Visit our website at asmywimseytakesme.com for shownotes and episode transcripts.

In which Charis and Sharon return (at last!) to Wilvercombe, where Harriet Vane is joined by a familiar monocled face. Their discussion takes them through Chapter 8, including a summation of the evidence gathered so far, mild raptures over witty dialogue and the detective partnership of Peter and Harriet, and the question of taste, style, and class--when the distinction matters, and to whom. 
 
This episode covers the fourth through eighth chapters of HAVE HIS CARCASE and does not give away the whodunnit.