Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Overview

Available in one volume, all the short stories by legendary Golden Age mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers, "one of the greatest mystery-story writers of the [twentieth] century." (Los Angeles Times)

A sure treat for Dorothy L. Sayers's legions of fans, The Complete Stories is the ultimate collectible. This delightfully gruesome collection includes tantalizing puzzles and baffling cases that will provide mystery lovers with a sumptuous feast of criminal doings and all those amusing and appalling things that happen on the way to the gallows.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062275493
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/17/2013
Series:	P.S.
Pages:	832
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.33(d)

About the Author

Dorothy L. Sayers was born in 1893. She was one of the first women to be awarded a degree by Oxford University, and later she became a copywriter at an ad agency. In 1923 she published her first novel featuring the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey, who became one of the world's most popular fictional heroes. She died in 1957.

Date of Birth:

June 13, 1893

Date of Death:

December 17, 1957

Place of Birth:

Oxford, England

Education:

B.A., Oxford University, 1915; M.A., B.C.L., 1920

Table of Contents

	Introduction	xi
	Lord Peter Wimsey Stories
	The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers	3
	The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question	24
	The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will	36
	The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag	57
	The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker	71
	The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention	84
	The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran	145
	The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste	163
	The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head	178
	The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach	201
	The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face	224
	The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba	255
	The Image in the Mirror	290
	The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey	317
	The Queen's Square	345
	The Necklace of Pearls	364
	In the Teeth of the Evidence	376
	Absolutely Elsewhere	392
	Striding Folly	409
	The Haunted Policeman	424
	Talboys	447
	Montague Egg Stories
	The Poisoned Dow '08	473
	Sleuths on the Scent	486
	Murder in the Morning	498
	One Too Many	510
	Murder at Pentecost	522
	Maher-shalal-hashbaz	535
	A Shot at Goal	547
	Dirt Cheap	560
	Bitter Almonds	573
	False Weight	587
	The Professor's Manuscript	599
	Other Stories
	The Man Who Knew How	613
	The Fountain Plays	628
	The Milk-Bottles	643
	Dilemma	654
	An Arrow o'er the House	663
	Scrawns	676
	Nebuchadnezzar	691
	The Inspiration of Mr. Budd	702
	Blood Sacrifice	716
	Suspicion	744
	The Leopard Lady	762
	The Cyprian Cat	783