Perhaps not one of Lord Peter Wimsey’s very best cases, but entertaining all the same. Poor old General Fentiman is found dead in his favorite chair in the Bellona Club, but did he go before or after his sister Lady Dormer? That is the inheritance dilemma for Wimsey to unravel, as the identity of the heir(s) to the old lady’s fortune is depending on his answer. “The law,” as Lord Peter points out, “is nuts on what they call the orderly devolution of property” (106) and in this case so is Dorothy Sayers. You may need a scorecard to keep track of the suspects (and red herrings), but as always Wimsey’s jovial nature keeps you reading.