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The first novel by one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century, in which she introduced her popular amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey.A famous London financier vanishes from his bedroom, leaving no trace. Across town, a corpse is found in an architect's bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez. The body is not that of the missing financier, so--whose body is it? When Lord Peter Wimsey is asked by his mother, the Dow...

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This was the second Lord Peter Wimsey story to be adapted for radio in the mid-seventies. The episode titles are: 1) 'No Sign of Foul Play' 2) 'Death in Epping Forest' 3) 'The Will' 4) 'Hallelujah' 5) 'The Property Act' 6) 'Vera Findlater' and 7) 'Miss Climpson Investigates'.

Strong fan base. The name of Dorothy L. Sayers is a strong draw for both mystery enthusiasts and Christian apologetics.Unique format. No other anthology brings Sayers' religious and popular work together, and the result is intriguing.Successful series. Sayers is a welcome addition to the successful Gospel in Great Writers series.

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Ian Carmichael is Lord Peter Wimsey in these consummate BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' much-loved mysteriesElegant, erudite and sharp-witted, aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey featured in numerous novels and short stories by `Queen of Crime' Dorothy L Sayers.

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Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these definitive BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' classic crime novelsAristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey was the master creation of Dorothy L Sayers, widely acknowledged as one of the four original `Queens of Crime'.

‘’Scuse my beastly inquisitiveness, old thing, ’ said Wimsey.

The complete collection of the Lord Peter Wimsey detective series, from the queen of the Golden Age. 'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit' P.D. James

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Return to a golden age of glamour, murder and intrigue. An exciting high profile relaunch with a beautiful new package for one of our best-loved detective story writers.

Meet Lord Peter Wimsey, stylish, eccentric, seeming a fool, but in fact one of the great English detectives. The discovery of a body in a bathtub wearing only a pair of spectacles, launches a motley set of sleuths and suspects toward a ghastly conclusion.

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Das Glanzstück von der Grande Dame des KriminalromansAm Shrewsbury Mädchencollege in Oxford geschehen merkwürdige Dinge: Schülerinnen erhalten Drohbriefe, eine Puppe hängt von einem Messer durchbohrt an einem Dachbalken. Talare werden verbrannt, Manuskripte zerstört.Der Dekan bittet die Krimiautorin und ehemalige Absolventin Harriet Vane um Unterstützung. Die beginnt zu recherchieren, bemüht, jeden Skandal zu vermeiden. Als sie nur knapp einem...

Laurence und Rosamund Harwell gelten in ihren Kreisen als Paradebeispiel einer amour fou. Während Laurence als Theaterproduzent seinen Geschäften nachgeht, bändelt die kapriziöse Rosamund mit einem jungen Dramatiker an. Als sie kurze Zeit später ermordet aufgefunden wird, soll sich Lord Peter ein wenig in der feinen Gesellschaft umhören ...

There's a dead body in his bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth, who debuted in this 1923 novel.

From Dorothy L. Sayers, "one of the greatest mystery story writers of the [twentieth] century” (Los Angeles Times), the first mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.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. Ignoring the clumsy efforts of the official inves...

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 cellar. All too quickly, what Lord Peter had hoped would be a very private and romantic stay in the country has turned into a most baffling case, with a misspelled "notise" to the milkman at its center and a dead man wh...