The Late Scholar (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #4)
By: Jill Paton Walsh
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A new murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey - now a Duke - and his wife Harriet Vane, set in a…
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1. Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)
By: Margery Allingham
3.99
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Albert Campion returns from three years’ work for the War Office in Europe to find that Lugg, his m… read more
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2. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.05
Format: 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Ninety-year-old General Fentiman was definitely dead, but no one knew exactly when he had died—and … read more
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"Exactly. He is the Most Unlikely Person, and that is why Sherlock Holmes would suspect him at once."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"I have a peculiar instinct about pubs. I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
"I’m determined never to be a parent. Modern manners and the break-up of the fine old traditions have simply ruined the business. I shall devote my life and fortune to the endowment of research on the…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
3. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more
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"Fou!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"Boil my brains!"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
4. Striding Folly (Lord Peter Wimsey #15)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Elizabeth George , Janet Hitchman
3.99
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Three of Lord Peter Wimsey's most baffling cases demonstrate his unique detction skills at their mo… read more
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5. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.84
Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more
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"But if you were investigating a crime,"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
6. Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.07
Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead--a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs o… read more
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"It doesn't do for people, especially doctors, to go about 'thinking' things. They may get into frightful trouble."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
"…After all, it isn't really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowad…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
"I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
"Miss Climpson," said Lord Peter, "is a manifestation of the wasteful way in which this country is run. Look at electricity, Look at water-power. Look at the tides. Look at the sun. Millions of power …"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
7. Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.17
Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable Lond… read more
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"How do you do?"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
"Bredon shuddered. “I think this is an awfully immoral job of ours. I do, really. Think how we spoil the digestions of the public."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
"It's a curious thing, but people cannot resist anonymous letters. It's like free sample offers. They appeal to all one's lower instincts."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
"The interview with the cat had been particularly full of appeal. The animal was, it seemed, an illustrious rat-catcher, with many famous deeds to her credit. Not only that, but she had been the first…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey, #10)
8. The Late Scholar (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #4)
By: Jill Paton Walsh
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A new murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey - now a Duke - and his wife Harriet Vane, set in a… read more
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- mystery
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- crime
9. Traitor's Purse (Albert Campion Mystery #11)
By: Margery Allingham
4.06
Format: 663 pages, Paperback
Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police office… read more
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10. Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.40
Format: 96 pages,
Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiance died in the manner prescr… read more
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11. The Wimsey Papers
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.54
Format: 380 pages,
Choice selections from the Wimsey family's correspondence during World War II. Intended by Dorothy … read more
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12. The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.94
Format: 450 pages, Hardcover
When a disfigured corpse is discovered in a country parish, the local rector pleads with Lord Peter… read more
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13. Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries (Lord Peter Wimsey, #9)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Amusing and absolutely appalling things happen on the way to the gallows when murder meets Lord Pet… read more
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14. Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.00
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"Gaudy Nightstands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class b… read more
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15. Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque b… read more
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"I has such a sinking in my inside I has to get up and eat biscuits."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)
"And upon his return, Gherkins, who had always considered his uncle as a very top-hatted sort of person, actually saw him take from his handkerchief-drawer an undeniable automatic pistol. It was at th…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)
16. Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.24
Format: 409 pages, Paperback
Society’s eligible women are in mourning. Lord Peter Wimsey has married at last, having finally suc… read more
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"in the linked arms of Bacchus and Aphrodite."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
"Remorse is eating his soul like a caterpillar in a cabbage."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
"his thoughts revolving silently in this squirrel-cage of mystification."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
"But that's men all over ... Poor dears, they can't help it. They haven't got logical minds."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
17. Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.11
Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition
The second Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Have His Carcase. Harr… read more
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"I always have a quotation for everything--it saves original thinking."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
"Novelists and police-inspectors do not always see eye to eye as regards publicity."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
"A solitary rock is always attractive. All right-minded people feel an overwhelming desire to scale and sit upon it."-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
"In the mood of relaxation and confidence that follows on being parboiled, it was easy enough to pump Mrs Weldon. A little diplomacy was needed, so as not to betray the ulterior object of the inquiry,…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)
18. In the Teeth of the Evidence (Lord Peter Wimsey, #14)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
4.01
Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition
An irresistible collection of stories starring Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg, from the master … read more
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19. These Names Make Clues
By: E.C.R. Lorac
3.66
Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Should detectives go to parties? Was it consistent with the dignity of the Yard? The inspector tos… read more
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20. The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7)
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
3.78
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
During a painting retreat, a killer takes a creative approach to the ancient art of murder... Th… read more
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"One of these days you’ll go too far, and somebody will murder you.' 'I shouldn’t be in the least surprised,' said Lord Peter, pleasantly."-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7)
"What's that, mister?" "That's the green for the gentleman's coat. No--don't pinch it, or you'll get it all over you. Yes, you can put the cap on. Yes, that's to keep it from drying up. Yes, put it ba…"-Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7)
21. The Castleton Affair (Marius Quin Mystery, #3)
By: Benedict Brown
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
A government aide kidnapped, a French diplomat murdered, a killer to uncover…When mystery writer Ma… read more
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