Lord Peter Wimsey years and is attracted to him, though it is not explicitly stated whether they were lovers. Wimsey likes her, respects her, and enjoys her company—but that is not enough. In "Strong Poison", she is the first person other than Wimsey himself to realise that he has fallen in love with Harriet. In "Strong Poison" Lord Peter encounters Harriet Vane, a cerebral, Oxford-educated mystery writer, while she is on trial for the murder of her former lover. He falls in love with her at first sight. Wimsey saves her from the gallows, but she believes that gratitude is not a good
Rosemary Leach played the part of Anna in BBC Radio 4's "No Commitments", and Susan Harper's mother Grace in "My Family". She made a guest appearance as 'Bessie' on "Waterloo Road" (the TV series), in Series 3 Spring Term. Since 1994, she has made occasional appearances in "The Archers" as Ellen Rogers, the ex-pat aunt of Nigel Pargetter. She portrayed Miss Twitterton in the Radio 4 adaptation of the Lord Peter Wimsey story "Busman's Honeymoon", first broadcast in 1983. In 2001, she played a leading role in "Destroying Angel", an episode of "Midsomer Murders". She played Queen Elizabeth II three times: in