Dorothy L. Sayers

Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)

Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)

Strong Poison

Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)

The nine tailors

Lord Peter Wimsey is called back from a much needed vacation when his brother is accused of killing his sister's fiancee at the family's country lodge.

Clouds of witness

Busman's Honeymoon

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

This classic, with a new introduction by Madeleine L'Engle, is by turns an entrancing mediation on language; a piercing commentary on the nature of art and why so much of what we read, hear, and see falls short; and a brilliant examination of the fundamental tenets of Christianity. The Mind of the Maker will be relished by those already in love with Dorothy L. Sayers and those who have not yet met her. A mystery writer, a witty and perceptive theologian, culture critic, and playwright, Dorothy Sayers sheds new, unexpected light on a specific set of statements made in the Christian creeds. She examines anew such ideas as the image of God, the Trinity, free will, and evil, and in these pages a wholly revitalized understanding of them emerges. The author finds the key in the parallels between the creation of God and the human creative process. She continually refers to each in a way that illuminates both.

The Mind of the Maker

When an artist is found dead at the bottom of a cliff where he had been painting, a masterpiece in mystery arises, with six artists as suspects, five of them "red herrings" and one a murderer who baffles even Lord Peter Wimsey. Reprint. NYT.

5 Red Herrings

The Five Red Herrings

Twelve mystery stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg, deal with a case of wine poisoning, double identity, and murder

Collection of Short Mysteries, A

Hangman's Holiday

Have His Carcase

The Lost Tools of Learning

A collection of short stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, Montague Egg, and others. Includes stories such as "Absolutely Everywhere," "Bitter Almonds", and "The Leopard Lady." Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.

In the Teeth of the Evidence

Introduction by Mary McDermott Shideler One of the first women to graduate from Oxford University, Dorothy Sayers pursued her goals whether or not what she wanted to do was ordinarily understood to be "feminine." Sayers did not devote a great deal of time to talking or writing about feminism, but she did explicitly address the issue of women's role in society in the two classic essays collected here. Central to Sayers's reflections is the conviction that both men and women are first of all human beings and must be regarded as essentially much more alike than different. We are to be true not so much to our sex as to our humanity. The proper role of both men and women, in her view, is to find the work for which they are suited and to do it. Though written several decades ago, these essays still offer in Sayers's piquant style a sensible and conciliatory approach to ongoing gender issues.

Are Women Human?

Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)

The senseless death of a wealthy old woman brings debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey to the scene of the crime, causing him to search for answers from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable London flat. Reissue.

Unnatural Death

Lord Peter Views the Body (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)

The clues to the death of a fungi expert who had died after eating enough poisonous mushrooms to kill thirty people, lie in a series of seemingly unimportant documents that nevertheless intrigue the victim's son. Reissue.

The Documents in the Case

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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