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THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING QUEEN OF CLASSIC CRIME, DOROTHY L SAYERS

‘Dorothy L. Sayers is one of our best detective story writers’ Daily Telegraph

‘One of crime fiction’s most memorable detectives’ The New York Times

‘She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit’ P. D. James
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Introducing Dorothy L Sayers’s legendary private investigator, Lord Peter Wimsey.

The body of a stout man, wearing nothing except a golden pince-nez, is discovered in the bath of an architect’s London flat.

The police quickly determine the man’s identity to be that of famous financier Sir Reuben Levy, who disappeared from his lodgings the night before.

But though the corpse greatly resembles the missing magnate, it soon becomes clear that it is someone else entirely. But who?

Amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey, with the aid of his great friend, Inspector Charlie Parker, resolves to get to the bottom of this mystery, once and for all.
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‘She has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail’ Ruth Rendell

‘A truly great storyteller’ Minette Walters

‘Part of the Golden Age of mystery writers working between the wars, Sayers is often credited as the most intelligent of them all’ Guardian

‘What elevated Sayers’s debut to the upper ranks of the genre was the quality of her prose and the sense that her sleuth had more emotional heft than he displayed’ The New York Times

‘Lord Peter should become one of the best known and best loved among the many amateur detectives of fiction’ The New York Herald
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Readers adore the legendary Lord Peter Wimsey series:

‘An all-time classic whodunnit’ 5* reader review

‘Sayers is certainly the best detective story writer of her generation’ 5* reader review

‘Dorothy L Sayers surely wrote some of the most intelligent and enjoyable detective stories of the Golden Age of Crime’ 5* reader review

‘If you haven’t read this canonical mystery, you are in for a real treat’ 5* reader review

‘What tremendous fun! No wonder Sayers is considered one of the “Queens of Crime” alongside Agatha Christie’ 5* reader review

‘Exceptionally clever, amusing and well written’ 5* reader review

‘Dorothy L. Sayers is my favourite crime writer’ 5* reader review

‘Vintage mystery, a classic!’ 5* reader review

‘One of the very best’ 5* reader review

Publisher Review

She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit. * P. D. James * Sayers is one of the best detective story writers. -- E. C. Bentley * Daily Telegraph * I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail. -- Ruth Rendell She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller. -- Minette Walters