Thursday, May 24, 2018

In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers (New English Library, 1960)

I found this rather battered specimen in the (where else?) Green Shed:


All that was left of the garage was a heap of charred and smouldering beams.  In the driving seat of the burnt-out car were the remains of a body. 
An accident, said the police. 
An accident said the widow.  She had been warning her husband about the dangers of the car for months. 
Murder, said Lord Peter Wimsey . . . and proceeded to track down the killers.

In spite of the book's shabbiness, this cover really demonstrates how perspective and a limited palette can be used to create a dramatic image!

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