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Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers
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A Presumption of Death (2004)

I read somewhere that Jill Paton Walsh was such a fan of Harriet Vane's that Gaudy Night inspired her to attend Oxford. It's a wonderful little detail, and I love hearing stuff like that. But unfortunately for me as a Lord Peter Wimsey fan, it seems that Walsh's identification with Harriet means ...

A Presumption of Death (2004) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Busman's Honeymoon (2006)

While reading this, the fifth Sayers mystery I've read so far, I was finally able to figure out just why I love her novels more than any other mystery writer I've encountered so far: I love Dorothy Sayers because she does everything wrong, but it all somehow manages to work.There are some commonl...

Busman's Honeymoon (2006) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Have His Carcase (1995)

1932, #7 Lord Peter, #2 Harriet VaneHarriet goes a-walking by the seaside and finds a man messily murdered but, alas, when the authorities finally arrive there is no corpse... A sturdy, complex plot, extremely good observations of people and behaviors, a decent pace, and simply beautiful writing,...

Have His Carcase (1995) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Lord Peter Views the Body (1993)

Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is arguably one of the greatest characters to grace the pages of twentieth century detective fiction. For some reason, he tends to be somewhat overlooked, although most lists should rate him right up there with Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Father Brown, and the oth...

Lord Peter Views the Body (1993) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Documents in the Case (1995)

This is the second Sayers I've read (and reviewed) in two weeks, the other being 'Strong Poison'. My response is similar to 'Strong Poison': expertly written, interesting characters and absorbing enough to keep me reading throughout the day (in this case during the two halves of a lengthy return ...

The Documents in the Case (1995) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Clouds of Witness (1995)

I'm making an exception to my Goodreads review boycott in honor of Dorothy L's birthday ... This isn't my favorite of the Lord Peter novels – but I think I’ve compared this to my least favorite chocolate or my least favorite Beatle. And this does have some of my favorite Peter-Bunter scenes, and ...

Clouds of Witness (1995) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Nine Tailors (1989)

Having read Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael books right before the Lord Peter Wimsey books, I'm even more aware that the Fen Country in this book is almost ENTIRELY a product of artifice. From Frog's Bridge on, it's clear that the dykes and ditches are what makes the very existence of the communit...

The Nine Tailors (1989) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1995)

3.5 starsThere is a question in my mind regarding this book. It is listed as #5 in Sayers’s famous detective series about Peter Wimsey, an amateur sleuth. But my copy of the book states its year of publication as 1921, which would make it #1 in the series. The quality of this novel seems to suppo...

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1995) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Whose Body? (1995)

At last, I pick up Dorothy Sayers' first mystery novel and finally learn the Origins of Lord Peter!...except, this isn't an origin story like I was expecting. We don't get to see Lord Peter as Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins, deciding to become a defender of justice while pretending to be a empty-he...

Whose Body? (1995) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Five Red Herrings (1995)

This book has a fun setup, from a mystery aspect: in a small artist's community in Scotland, a man named Campbell is found dead at the base of a cliff, having apparently fallen to his death. But it wasn't an accident, obviously, and soon the local police, aided by his wonderfulness Lord Peter Wim...

Five Red Herrings (1995) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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In the Teeth of the Evidence (1969)

Just finished up In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L Sayers. This collection represents the last bit of Sayers' fiction that I wanted to read...just so I could say I'd re-read all of her fiction this year. The collection is okay. Decent. But I don't think it represents her best work. I much...

In the Teeth of the Evidence (1969) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Unnatural Death (1995)

I have managed to rate 76 books so far, everything from Regency romance to labor history with the same five-star system, but I can't do this one. Stars do not apply. I rate Unnatural Death ARRRRGHH!Purely as a mystery, I think it's excellent -- excellent and very grim, the grimmer the more I thin...

Unnatural Death (1995) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Striding Folly (1973)

Just three quick stories in this collection, but well worth listening to. My favourite is the last, Tallboys, which features a little domestic mystery involving stolen peaches. It's less a tale of criminal activity than it is a moral fable about modern ideas of childrearing and how psychology has...

Striding Folly (1973) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries (1993)

This is the Avon edition, and it suffers from the common problems of Avon books: it's not very durable, it's not on acid-free paper, and there are quite a few typos. But it is a hard copy of a book that's no longer in print.I was terribly disappointed by learning what's in this book. I knew th...

Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries (1993) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Strong Poison (1987)

Rating: 4* of fiveThe Book Report: Lord Peter Wimsey, younger brother of the Duke of Denver, bibliophile, and dilettante in the arts and sciences of murder, meets his One True Love, the Other Half of His Soul; where else would he do this, but in court? Too bad she's the accused in a rather sensat...

Strong Poison (1987) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Gaudy Night (1995)

A couple of years ago I thought (as a gesture to God saying something like, “Hey, we don’t disagree about everything and anyway what do I know about life?”) that I would start going to a certain church where the pastor was an ex-football star. When I say it now it doesn’t sound like a very good ...

Gaudy Night (1995) by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Murder Must Advertise (1995)

After a brief fling with Miss Marple, I'm back with Lord Peter Wimsey - the most delightful detective who ever delighted whilst detecting. This book is one of two Dorothy Sayers mysteries featured on The List, and while I didn't enjoy it as much as Strong Poison, it was still very good. The major...

Murder Must Advertise (1995) by Dorothy L. Sayers

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