Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers (1896-1952), English writer of mysteries and religious philosophy. She wrote 12 detective novels and 44 short stories, most featuring the semi-professional detective and sophisticate Lord Peter Wimsey.

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Mystery novels by Sayers:

Featuring Lord Peter Wimsey:

• Busman's Honeymoon: 1937
• Clouds of Witness: 1926
• The Five Red Herrings [US title: Suspicious Characters]: 1931
• Gaudy Night: 1935
• Have His Carcase: 1932
• Murder Must Advertise: 1933
• The Nine Tailors: 1934
• Strong Poison: 1930
• Thrones, Dominations: 1998 [completed by Jill Paton Walsh]
• Unnatural Death [US title: The Dawson Pedigree]: 1927
• The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: 1928
• Whose Body?: 1923

Other novels:

• The Documents in the Case: 1930 [with Robert Eustace]

Short story collections:

• Hangman's Holiday: 1933 (Peter Wimsey, Montague Egg, and others)
• In the Teeth of the Evidence: 1939 (Peter Wimsey, Montague Egg, and others)
• Lord Peter: 1972 (Complete Peter Wimsey stories)
• Lord Peter Views the Body: 1928 (Peter Wimsey)
• Striding Folly: 1972 (Peter Wimsey)

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