The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

Lord Peter Wimsey walks into a morgue on a cold November night, dry martini in hand, waiting for a former officer to join a modest Armistice dinner. Among weary veterans, a nervous captain worries about money and a death that seems oddly tidy for the respectable Bellona Club. Wimsey’s dry wit cuts through the gloom, hinting that the club’s polished façade may hide a less honourable motive.

Soon Wimsey gathers a colourful cast—a colonel eager to honour his fallen son, a disillusioned officer, and several club regulars, each with secrets they prefer to keep buried. As clues are laid out like a game of cards, loyalty and old grudges are shuffled, turning a simple death into a delicate puzzle. Listeners will be drawn into the period atmosphere, the gentle banter, and the quiet tension that promises a clever mystery without revealing the solution.