Dorothy L Sayers The Complete Stories Author:Dorothy L. Sayers Gathered here for the first time in one volume are all the short stories by the legendary mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers. In this beguiling collection, Sayers conveys in her incomparable way the gruesome, the grotesque, and the bewitching. — Here is the inimitable aristocrat, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of fiction's most popular detectives of al... more »l time, up to his usual exploits as he solves tantalizing puzzles, as only he can. And then there's the clever working-class salesman-sleuth, Montague Egg, who uses his everyday smarts to solve the cases that baffle the professionals.
A sumptuous feast of criminal doings and undoings, Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories is a mystery lover's treasure trove of the amusing and appalling things that happen on the way to the gallows.
LORD PETER WIMSEY STORIES: Abominable history of the man with copper fingers -- Entertaining episode of the article in question -- Fascinating problem of Uncle Meleager's will -- Fantastic horror of the cat in the bag -- Unprincipled affair of the practical joker -- Undignified melodrama of the bone of contention -- Vindictive story of the footsteps that ran -- Bibulous business of a matter of taste -- Learned adventure of the dragon's head -- Piscatorial farce of the stolen stomach -- Unsolved puzzle of the man with no face -- Adventurous exploit of the cave of Ali Baba -- Image in the mirror -- Incredible elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey -- Queen's square -- Necklace of pearls -- In the teeth of the evidence -- Absolutely elsewhere -- Striding folly -- Haunted policeman -- Talboys --
MONTAGUE EGG STORIES: Poisoned dow '08 -- Sleuths on the scent -- Murder in the morning -- One too many -- Murder at Pentecost -- Maher-shalal-hashbaz -- Shot at goal -- Dirt cheap -- Bitter almonds -- False weight -- Professor's manuscript
OTHER STORIES: Man who knew how -- Fountain plays -- Milk-bottles -- Dilemma -- Arrow o'er the house --Nebuchadnezzar -- Inspiration of Mr. Budd -- Blood sacrifice -- Suspicion -- Leopard lady -- Cyprian cat« less