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Showing posts with label Dorothy L. Sayers. Show all posts

TH - 358/1 | Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder -- especially with a pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. What's more, the face appeared to have been shaved after death. The police assumed that the victim was a prominent financier, but Lord Peter Wimsey, who dabbled in mystery detection as a hobby, knew better.

In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the ghastly mystery of the corpse in the bath.

ID: TH - 358/1

TH - 358/2 | Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thrill of the hunt -- until the game turned up human and quite dead. He lay among the chrysanthemums, wore slippers and a dinner jacket and was Lord Peter's brother-in-law-to-be.

His accused murderer was Wimsey's own brother, and if murder set all in the family wasn't enough to boggle the unflappable Lord Wimsey, perhaps a few twists of fate would be -- a mysterious vanishing midnight letter from Egypt...a grieving fiancee with suitcase in hand...and a bullet destined for one very special Wimsey.

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TH - 358/3 | Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey #3) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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The wealthy old woman was dead – a trifle sooner than expected. The intricate trail of horror and senseless murder led from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable London flat and a deliberate test of "amour" – staged by the debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. Here the modern detective story begins to come to its own; and all the historical importance aside, it remains an absorbing and charming story today.

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TH - 358/4 | Lord Peter Views the Body (Lord Peter Wimsey #4) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque but absolutely bewitching side rarely shown in Lord Peter's full-length adventures.

Lord Peter views the body in 12 tantalizing and bizarre ways in this outstanding collection.

He deals with such marvels as the man with copper fingers, Uncle Meleager's missing will, the cat in the bag, the footsteps that ran, the stolen stomach, the man without a face...and with such clues as cyanide, jewels, a roast chicken and a classic crossword puzzle.

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TH - 358/5 | The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey #5) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Lord Peter Wimsey bent down over General Fentiman and drew the Morning Post gently away from the gnarled old hands. Then, with a quick jerk, he lifted the quiet figure. It came up all of a piece, stiff as a wooden doll . . .

But how did the general die?

Who was the mysterious Mr X who fled when he was wanted for questioning?
And which of the general's heirs, both members of the Bellona Club, is lying?

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TH - 358/6 | Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey #6) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her former lover died in the manner prescribed in one of her books, a jury of her peers had a hangman's noose in mind. But Lord Peter Wimsey was determined to find her innocent.

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TH - 358/7 | The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey #7) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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The body was on the pointed rocks alongside the stream. The artist might have fallen from the cliff where he was painting, but there are too many suspicious elements - particularly the medical evidence that proves he'd been dead nearly half a day, though eyewitnesses had seen him alive a scant hour earlier.

And then there are the six prime suspects - all of them artists, all of whom wished him dead. Five are red herrings, but one has created a masterpiece of murder that baffles everyone, including Lord Peter Wimsey.

ID: TH - 358/7

TH - 358/8 | Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey #8) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Mystery writer Harriet Vane, recovering from an unhappy love affair and its aftermath, seeks solace on a barren beach -- deserted but for the body of a bearded young man with his throat cut.

From the moment she photographs the corpse, which soon disappears with the tide, she is puzzled by a mystery that might have been suicide, murder or a political plot.

With the appearance of her dear friend Lord Peter Wimsey, she finds a reason for detective pursuit -- as only the two of them can pursue it.

ID: TH - 358/8

TH - 358/9 | Hangman's Holiday: Collection of Short Mysteries (Lord Peter Wimsey #9) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Amusing and absolutely appalling things happen on the way to the gallows when murder meets Lord Peter Wimsey and the delightful working-class sleuth Montague Egg. This sumptuous feast of criminal doings and undoings includes a vintage double identity and a horrid incident of feline assassination that will tease the minds of cat-lovers everywhere.

Not to be missed are "The Incredible Elopement of Peter Wimsey" (with a lovely American woman-turned-zombie) and eight more puzzlers penned in inimitable style by the mistress of murder.

Includes:

The image in the mirror -
The incredible elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey -
The queen's square -
The necklace of pearls -
The poisoned dow '08 -
Sleuths on the scent -
Murder in the morning -
One too many -
Murder at Pentecost -
Maher-Shalal-Hashbaz -
The man who knew how -
The fountain plays.

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TH - 358/10 | Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey #10) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable London advertising agency, it looks like an accident. Then Lord Peter Wimsey is called in, and he soon discovers there's more to copywriting than meets the eye.

A bit of cocaine, a hint of blackmail, and some wanton women can be read between the lines. And then there is the brutal succession of murders -- 5 of them -- each one a fixed fee for advertising a deadly secret.

ID: TH - 358/10

TH - 358/12 | Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey #12) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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“Gaudy Night stands out even among Miss Sayers’s novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself.”
—Times Literary Supplement

The great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of mystery fiction’s most enduring and endearing protagonists. Acclaimed author Ruth Rendell has expressed her admiration for Sayers’s work, praising her “great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and wonderful eye for detail.”

The third Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Gaudy Night is now back in print with an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master. Gaudy Night takes Harriet and her paramour, Lord Peter, to Oxford University, Harriet’s alma mater, for a reunion, only to find themselves the targets of a nightmare of harassment and mysterious, murderous threats.

ID: TH - 358/12

TH - 358/13 | Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey #13) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride, mystery writer Harriet Vane, start their honeymoon with murder. The former owner of Talboys estate is dead in the cellar with a misspelled "notise" to the milkman, not a spot of blood on his smashed skull, and £600 in his pocket.

ID: TH - 358/13

TH - 358/14 | In the Teeth of the Evidence (Lord Peter Wimsey #14) by Dorothy L.Sayers

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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 danger of the car for months.

Murder, said the famous detective Lord Peter Wimsey--and proceeded to track down the killer.

This is vintage Sayers, a collection of her finest crime and detection stories.

ID: TH - 358/14

TH - 358/15 | Striding Folly (Lord Peter Wimsey #15) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Three of Lord Peter Wimsey's most baffling cases demonstrate his unique detction skills at their most spectacular.

The engima of a house numbered thirteen in a street of even numbers; an indignant child accused of theft, a dream about a game of chess that uncovers the true story behind a violent death. Each of the stories introduces a different side of the twentieth century's most ingenious detective hero.

This book also features a biographical essay by Janet Hitchman, Sayers' first biographer.

ID: TH - 358/15

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