Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club — Season 1, Episode 3: That Damned Dorland Woman
Crime, Mystery • 45 min • 1 season, 4 episodes • ★ 7.4/10
Episode synopsis
The General's death is attributed to a lethal overdose of digitalis and as the primary beneficiary is Ann Dorland, suspicion falls on her.
About Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
When General Fentiman is found dead in his chair a the posh Bellona Club, the cause seems straightforward: a heart attack brought on by old age. The Lady Dorland, the General's sister, dies on the same day. Is it a startling coincidence or something more sinister? Called in to investigate, Lord Peter becomes suspicious of the general's grandson, whose peculiar behavior and whereabouts on the night of the deaths seem incriminating. But these suspicions are overshadowed by the discovery that Miss Dorland, Lady Dorland's niece, has an abiding interest in poisons.