Dorothy L. Sayers
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Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 10
Description
Harriet Vane's Oxford reunion is shadowed by a rash of bizarre pranks and malicious mischief that include beautifully worded death threats, burnt effigies and vicious poison-pen letters, and Harriet finds herself and Lord Peter Wimsey challenged by an elusive set of clues.
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Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Presents a manuscript started by Dorothy Sayers in 1936 and completed in her voice by Jill Paton Walsh, in which the lives of Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife Harriet take a dangerous turn when they become involved with the Harwells, a wealthy couple they meet while vacationing in Paris.
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Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
©1937
Description
Lord Peter and his mystery-writer bride, Harriet Vane, are forced to postpone their relaxing country honeymoon when they find a startling surprise in the cellar of their new estate: a corpse.
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Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
[1989], c1934
Description
When the parish church bells toll out the death of an unknown man, Lord Peter investigates the sinister affair.
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
©1958
Description
Mystery writer Harriet Vane, on trial for the murder of her lover, attracts the attention of gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey, who finds himself oddly attracted to this very intelligent but not so beautiful writer, but before he can expect to win any return to his feelings he must prove her innocence.
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
In this, the second of Sayers's famous Harriet Vane mystery series, Harriet Vane the mystery writer, cleared of murder through the efforts of Lord Peter Wimsey, seeks solace in the country. Walking along a barren beach she stumbles across the body of a bearded young man with his throat cut. From the moment she photographs the corpse, which soon disappears with the tide, she is puzzled by a mystery that might have been suicide, murder or a political...
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Lord Peter and Harriet return to the scene of their literate courtship to resolve an Oxford University dispute that is complicated by the disappearance of several prominent Fellows.
15) Strong poison
Pub. Date
1987.
Description
In the first of Dorothy L. Sayers's famous Harriet Vane mystery series, amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey falls in love with Harriet Vane, the mystery writer as she stands in the dock of Old Bailey. Harriet Vane is on trial for the diabolically clever murder of her fiancé. Not only does Wimsey believe in her innocence, he fall is love with her at first sight. Can he save her from the gallows and will he win her hand?
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Clouds of Witness - Death hits close to home when Lord Peter's future brother-in-law is murdered. Complicating matters is the man who stands accused: Gerald Wimsey, Lord Peter's brother. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - When a member of the prominent Bellona Club dies on the same day as his sister, Lord Peter must determine who will inherit a sizeable fortune. Bonus features included.
17) Gaudy night
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 10
Pub. Date
1987.
Description
The third installment of Dorothy L. Sayers's famous Harriet Vane mysteries, unfolds at the all-female Shrewsbury College at Oxford. Upon returning to Oxford for the first time in years for a school reunion, Harriet Vane is asked by her old professors to turn her talents as a detective writer to practical use. Someone is terrorizing the faculty and students of the college by sending vicious anonymous letters, eventually leading to the destruction of...
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©1962
Description
Having plunged to the uttermost depths of Hell and climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascents to Heaven, continuing his soul's search for God, guided by his beloved Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love.