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Showing posts with label Lord Peter Wimsey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lord Peter Wimsey. Show all posts
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Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers

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Six people didn’t regret the death of the victim, one of them committed murder Five Red Herrings was the sixth Lord Peter Wimsey novel Fi...
20220922

Strong Poison

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Author departs from tradition by letting her detective fall in love Strong Poison is the fifth of Dorothy L Sayers's Wimsey novels Dor...
20220309

The Layton Court Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

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First appearance by author turned sleuth Roger Sheringham The paperback edition of The Layton Court Mystery The Layton Court Mystery , pu...
20220119

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

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A well-plotted novel that offers a glimpse of life after the First World War The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is the fourth Wimsey no...
20210613

How Dorothy L Sayers used her novels to promote the role of women in society

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Shrewd observer of human nature who became a Queen of Crime Dorothy L Sayers was keen to promote the role of women  One of the greatest dete...
20210517

100 Must-Read Crime Novels

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A unique selection of stunning examples of the genre This handy guide by Richard Shephard and Nick Rennison provides a treat for all lover...
20210223

Clouds of Witness

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Dorothy turns Lord Peter into a man of action as well as words The second Dorothy L Sayers novel featuring amateur detective Lord Peter Wi...
20210208

Enter a Queen of Crime from New Zealand

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  How Ngaio Marsh first started writing crime stories Ngaio Marsh in a picture thought to have been taken in around 1935 Dame Edith Ngai...
20210119

Whose Body?

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Dorothy’s dazzling debut detective novel Having read the first crime novel by Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published ...