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Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 0061043516 (0-06-104351-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner's body in the cellar. Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel. Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story with romantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style. 'I admire her novels ...she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail' P. D. James [via]
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Dorothy L. Sayers
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 0060084618 (0-06-008461-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Gathered here for the first time in one volume are all the short stories by the legendary mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers. In this beguiling collection, Sayers conveys in her incomparable way the gruesome, the grotesque, and the bewitching.
Here is the inimitable aristocrat, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of fiction's most popular detectives of all time, up to his usual exploits as he solves tantalizing puzzles, as only he can. And then there's the clever working-class salesman-sleuth, Montague Egg, who uses his everyday smarts to solve the cases that baffle the professionals.
A sumptuous feast of criminal doings and undoings, Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories is a mystery lover's treasure trove of the amusing and appalling things that happen on the way to the gallows.
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The Five Red Herrings
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 1568493320 (1-56849-332-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books

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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. [via]
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Four Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 0517395754 (0-517-39575-4)
Hardcover, Avenel Books

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Gaudy Night
by Dorothy Leigh Sayers

ISBN 0061043494 (0-06-104349-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy greeted Harriet Vane on her return to Oxford. A graduate of ten years before and now a successful novelist, this should have been a pleasant, nostalgic visit for her. She asks her lover, Lord Peter Wimsey, for help. [via]
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Have His Carcase
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 0061043524 (0-06-104352-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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A young woman falls asleep on a deserted beach and wakes to discover the body of a man whose throat has been slashed from ear to ear ...The young woman is the celebrated detective novelist Harriet Vane, once again drawn against her will into a murder investigation in which she herself could be a suspect. Lord Peter Wimsey is only too eager to help her clear her name. 'She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller.' Minette Walters [via]
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Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories
by Dorothy Leigh Sayers

ISBN 0060913800 (0-06-091380-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Contents: Introduction, by James Sandoe. Twelve stories from Lord Peter Views the Body (1928): "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers," "The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question," "The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will," "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag," "The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker," "The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention," "The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran," "The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste," "The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head," "The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach," "The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face," "The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba." Four stories from Hangman's Holiday (1933): "The Image in the Mirror," "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey," "The Queen's Square," "The Necklace of Pearls." Two stories from In the Teeth of the Evidence (1939): "In the Teeth of the Evidence," "Absolutely Elsewhere." Three later stories not included in other compilations: "Striding Folly," "The Haunted Policeman," "Talboys." Coda: "Sayers, Lord Peter and God," by Carolyn Heilbrun. Codetta: "Greedy Night, A Parody," by E. C. Bentley [via]
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Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 0061043613 (0-06-104361-3)
Softcover, Southgate Publishers

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All the Lord Peter Wimsey stories are here, in a single volume, including the one about Harriet, Peter and their three sons! [via]
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Lord Peter Views the Body
by Dorothy Leigh Sayers

ISBN 0848811534 (0-8488-1153-4)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd

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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 outsanding collection. He deals with such marvels as the man with copper fingers, Uncle Meleager's missing will, the cat in the bag, the foosteps 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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Love All/Busman's Honeymoon
by Alzina S. Dale, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, Muriel Clare Byrne

ISBN 0873383044 (0-87338-304-4)
Hardcover, Kent State Univ Pr

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On the Case with Lord Peter Wimsey: Three Complete Novels
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 0517072432 (0-517-07243-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing

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A Presumption of Death
by Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh

ISBN 031299138X (0-312-99138-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr

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While Lord Peter is abroad on a secret mission, Harriet Vane, now Lady Peter Wimsey, takes their children to safety in the country. But there's no escape from war: rumors of spies abound, glamorous RAF pilots and flirtatious land-girls scandalize the villagers, and the blackout makes rural lanes as sinister as London's alleys. And when a practice air-raid ends with a young woman's death, it's almost a shock to hear that the cause is not enemy action, but murder. Or is it? With Peter away, Harriet sets out to find out whodunit...and the chilling reason why.
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- A Presumption of Death: ISBN 0312291000 (0-312-29100-0)
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The Remarkable Case of Dorothy L. Sayers
by Catherine Kenney

ISBN 087338458X (0-87338-458-X)
Softcover, Kent State Univ Pr

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- The Remarkable Case of Dorothy L. Sayers: ISBN 0873384105 (0-87338-410-5)
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Striding Folly, Including Three Final Lord Peter Wimsey Stories
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 0450014398 (0-450-01439-8)
Hardcover, New English Library

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Three long stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey after his courtship of and marriage to Harriet Vane. The author also wrote "Unnatural Death", "Gaudy Night", "The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club", "Have his Carcase", "Hangman's Holiday" and "Murder Must Advertise". [via]
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- Striding Folly, Including Three Final Lord Peter Wimsey Stories: ISBN 0450549739 (0-450-54973-9)
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- Striding Folly, Including Three Final Lord Peter Wimsey Stories: ISBN 0450014398 (0-450-01439-8)
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Strong Poison
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 0061043508 (0-06-104350-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Three Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels
by Dorothy L. Sayers

ISBN 0517077779 (0-517-07777-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing

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Thrones, Dominations
by Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh

ISBN 0312968302 (0-312-96830-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr

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Asked by her new husband, the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey, why she is having trouble writing her latest mystery novel, Harriet Vane explains, "When I needed the money, it justified itself. It was a job of work, and I did it as well as I could, and that was that. But now, you see, it has no necessity except itself. And, of course, it's hard; it's always been hard, and it's getting harder. So when I'm stuck I think, this isn't my livelihood, and it isn't great art, it's only detective stories. You read them and write them for fun." Is this a clue to the mystery of why Dorothy L. Sayers put aside her 13th full-length Lord Peter novel in 1938 and never finished it? She had made lots of money, and was much more interested in translating Dante and writing about religion. Or is it another excellent novelist, Jill Paton Walsh, speculating--in a perfect imitation of Sayers's voice--on what might have happened? Walsh was invited by the estate of Sayers's illegitimate son, Anthony Fleming, to finish Thrones, Dominations. She has done a splendid job, certain to please Sayers loyalists on the "dorothyl" listserv as well as those new to the Wimsey canon. Lord Peter has been made much more human and interesting by marriage; Harriet is a wise and acerbic companion; and the story, about the murders of two beautiful young women involved with a theatrical producer, is full of twists and connivance. There's also a fascinating subplot involving the soon-to-abdicate King Edward VII and a country on the brink of World War II. Earlier Wimseys in paperback include The Five Red Herrings, Gaudy Night, Murder Must Advertise, and Unnatural Death. Books in print by Walsh include a mystery called A Piece of Justice and a novel, The Serpentine Cave. [via]
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