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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 4
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A wealthy general dies in his club, surrounded by fellow veterans, and Lord Peter must battle to solve the case. Even the Bellona Club's most devoted members would never call it lively. Its atmosphere is that of a morgue, or, at best, a funeral parlor, and on Armistice Day the gloom is only heightened. Veterans of the Great War gather at the Bellona not to hash over old victories, but to stare into their whiskies and complain about old injuries, shrinking...
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 7
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When Harriet Vane finds a dead body on the beach, she and Lord Peter Wimsey must solve a murder when all the evidence has washed out to sea. Harriet Vane has gone on vacation to forget her recent murder trial and, more importantly, to forget the man who cleared her name: the dapper, handsome, and maddening Lord Peter Wimsey. She is alone on a beach when she spies a man lying on a rock, surf lapping at his ankles. She tries to wake him, but he doesn't...
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 9
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While ringing in the New Year, Lord Peter stumbles into an ominous country mystery Lord Peter Wimsey and his manservant Bunter are halfway across the wild flatlands of East Anglia when they make a wrong turn, straight into a ditch. They scramble over the rough country to the nearest church, where they find hospitality, dinner, and an invitation to go bell-ringing. This ancient art is steeped in mathematical complexities, and tonight the rector and...
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 5
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She is lovely, smart, and talented, and only Lord Peter can save her from the gallows. Lord Peter Wimsey comes to the trial of Harriet Vane for a glimpse at one of the most engaging murder cases London has seen in years. Unfortunately for the detective, the crime's details are distractingly salacious, and there is little doubt that the woman will be found guilty. A slightly popular mystery novelist, she stands accused of poisoning her fiancé, a literary...
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During a painting retreat, a killer takes a creative approach to the ancient art of murder. The majestic landscape of the Scottish coast has attracted artists and fishermen for centuries. In the idyllic village of Kirkcudbright, every resident and visitor has 2 things in common: They either fish or paint (or do both), and they all hate Sandy Campbell. Though a fair painter, he is a rotten human being, and cannot enter a pub without raising the blood...
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A special three-in-one edition of Dorothy Sayers's acclaimed Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series, books one through three In Whose Body?, Lord Peter Wimsey spends his days tracking down rare books, and his nights hunting killers. Though the Great War has left his nerves frayed with shellshock, Wimsey continues to be London's greatest sleuth-and he's about to encounter his oddest case yet. A strange corpse has appeared in a suburban architect's bathroom,...
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 3
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In Dorothy L. Sayer's third Lord Peter Wimsey novel, Unnatural Death, Agatha Dawson, a woman of advancing years, appears to suffer a natural demise. Amidst the façade of calm, a disquieting unease piques the curiosity of aristocratic crime fighter Lord Peter Wimsey, prompting him to send his investigator, Miss Catherine Climpson, to do some sleuthing in the quaint village of Leahampton. A mystery develops when the body of one of Dawson's maids is...
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A trove of short stories featuring 2 of the Jazz Age's most famous sleuths In the annals of mystery writing, Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg are among the most memorable detectives. Lord Peter-noble by birth, brilliant by nature-is a fly in the ointment of criminals across Britain, turning up whenever the police ask him to lend his quick wit and keen eye to an investigation. Montague Egg is a free-spirited figure, a traveling wine salesman with...
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Only Lord Peter has the wit to find the solution to these 12 baffling mysteries Some aristocrats spend their lives shooting, but Lord Peter Wimsey is a hunter of a different kind: a bloodhound with a nose for murder. Before he became Britain's most famous detective, Lord Peter contented himself with solving the crimes he came across by chance. In this volume of short stories, he confronts a stolen stomach, a man with copper fingers, and a deadly adventure...
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 8
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
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The ad men at Pym's can sell anything, even murder. The iron staircase at Pym's Publicity is a deathtrap, and no one in the advertising agency is surprised when Victor Dean tumbles down it, cracking his skull along the way. Dean's replacement arrives just a few days later: a green copywriter named Death Bredon. Though he displays a surprising talent for the business of selling margarine, alarm clocks, and nerve tonics, Bredon is not really there to...
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In his final 3 stories, Lord Peter confronts the greatest mystery of all: fatherhood. For decades, Lord Peter Wimsey has made life tough for England's criminal class. In town and country he solved some of the most baffling mysteries of the Jazz Age, facing down killers armed only with wit, charm, and a keen nose for deception. His work brought him 1 great reward: the love of beautiful mystery novelist Harriet Vane. After years of pleading, he has...
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An irresistible collection of stories starring Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg, from the master of classic mysteries. Most noblemen would prefer to avoid a charred corpse in a garage. But Lord Peter Wimsey has never seen such a body, and cannot resist the opportunity when it comes along. The corpse is burned beyond recognition, but the watch it wears remains pristine, stopped precisely at seven minutes past nine. These are the sorts of clues...
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 11
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Married at last, Lord Peter and Harriet find their honeymoon interrupted by a killer. It took several near-death experiences for Lord Peter Wimsey to convince Harriet Vane to be his wife, but she has finally relented. When the dapper detective marries Britain's most popular mystery author, just a few short years after rescuing her from the hangman's noose, the press could not be more excited. But Lord Peter and his bride have no interest in spending...
14) Gaudy night
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 10
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IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 26
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Back at Oxford for her reunion, Harriet Vane, Lord Peter's beloved, finds herself in mortal danger. Since she graduated from Oxford's Shrewsbury College, Harriet Vane has found fame by writing novels about ingenious murders. She also won infamy when she was accused of committing a murder herself. It took a timely intervention from the debonair Lord Peter Wimsey to save her from the gallows, and since then she has devoted her spare time to resisting...
15) Whose Body?: The Singular Adventure of the Man with the Golden Pince-Nez: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mys
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Note: This edition of the first Lord Peter Wimsey novel is narrated in an American accent.
Mild-mannered, inoffensive architect Alfred Thipps finds himself in big trouble when, in preparing to take his morning bath, he finds the tub already occupied by a dead body, wearing nothing but a pair of gold pince-nez glasses. Stolid, unimaginative Police Inspector Sugg is convinced the body is that of Sir Reuben Levy, a famous Jewish financier who disappeared...
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