One of the founding mothers of mystery, Dorothy L. Sayers first introduced the popular character Lord Peter Wimsey in 1923 with the publication of Whose Body? Over the next twenty years, more novels and short stories about the aristoc...

Back in print and now available in trade paperback, Dorothy L. Sayers' classic tale of murder and scandal at a chic London advertising agency, featuring the dashing and brilliant Lord Peter Wimsey.When executive Victor Dean dies from ...

p When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the Gaudy, the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obscenities, burnt effigies, and poison-pen letters, including one that says, "Ask you...

p Mystery novelist Harriet Vane, recovering from an unhappy love affair and its most unpleasant aftermath, seeks solace on a barren beach deserted but for one notable exception: the body of a bearded young man with his throat cut. Fro...

p The classic mystery that first featured Harriet Vane, companion sleuth to the dashing, perennially popular private investigator Lord Peter Wimsey, from the writer widely considered the greatest mystery novelist of the Golden Age—D...

A collection of classics and little-known gems—chosen by a master from the golden age of detective fiction./strong When acclaimed mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers first began compiling anthologies of the best crime stories in the 19...

On November 11, ninety-year-old General Fentiman is found dead in an armchair at the Bellona Club. No one knows exactly when his death occurred—information essential in determining the recipient of a substantial inheritance. But tha...

Dorothy L. Sayers paints a perfect picture of murder in this classic mystery—back in print and now available in trade paperback—in which Sir Peter Wimsey must ferret out a murderer in a Scottish artists' colony.In the scenic Scott...

The Wimsey mysteries established Dorothy Sayers as one of the foremost practitioners of detective fiction during the golden age of the British mystery. This is a rare collection of 24 of Sayers' best detective short stories... A mu...

p Murder is hardly the best way for Lord Peter and his bride, the famous mystery writer Harriet Vane, to start their honeymoon. It all begins when the former owner of their newly acquired estate is found quite nastily dead in the cell...

This delightful mystery is the second featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. When his brother, the Duke of Denver, is accused of murder then it is Lord Peter's job to clear his name. The Duke is found standing over the body of his sister's fian...

The grouse season has begun, and Lord Peter Wimsey’s brother, the Duke of Denver, has descended upon the Wimsey family retreat in rustic Riddlesdale village with a small hunting party. Captain Denis Cathcart, Wimsey’s soon...

A witty and clever whodunit by one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century, featuring her dashing amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey. “Sayers brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, and wit. ...

The arrest of his brother, Gerald the Duke of Denver, for murder plunges Lord Peter Wimsey into a treacherous world where nothing is as it seems. Every new clue only compounds the mystery. When Captain Denis Cathcart, fiancé to L...

We've Got a Body in the Bath!WHEN A CHURCH ARCHITECT finds a naked man in his Battersea bathroom, Lord Peter Wimsey is on the case! The aristocratic amateur detective, accompanied by his camera-bearing manservant Bunter, follows a tr...

In this anthology, renowned murder mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers tackles faith, doubt, human nature, and the most dramatic story ever told.For almost a century, a series of labyrinthine murder mysteries have kept fans turning pages...

An ingenious tale of murder from one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century, featuring her dashing amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey Ninety-year-old General Fentiman has been sitting very quietly all day long in h...

Unnatural Death is a 1927 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, her third featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. It was published under the title The Dawson Pedigree in the United States in 1928. According to James Brabazon in his Dorothy L Sa...

A corpse has been found in the bath of an architect's flat, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez.A financier has seemingly vanished into thin air from his bedroom.The ever-curious Lord Peter Wimsey is intrigued by these odd events....

Renowned English novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic, Dorothy L. Sayers’s “Whose Body?” was first published in 1923. In this novel we are introduced to her most famous character, the aristocratic amateur detective Lo...

Step into the intricate world of detective fiction with Dorothy L. Sayers' captivating novel, "Whose Body?" The story follows the enigmatic Lord Peter Wimsey as he unravels a perplexing mystery that begins with the discovery...

There's a corpse in the bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth. Urged to investigate by his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, Lord Peter quickly ascerta...

Whose Body? is a 1923 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. It was her debut novel, and the book in which she introduced the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. In their review of crime novels (revised edn 1989), the US writers Barzun an...