Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Paperback

Published January 1, 1701

About the author

The detective stories of well-known British writer Dorothy Leigh Sayers mostly feature the amateur investigator Lord Peter Wimsey; she also translated the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.

This renowned author and Christian humanist studied classical and modern languages.

Her best known mysteries, a series of short novels, set between World War I and World War II, feature an English aristocrat and amateur sleuth. She is also known for her plays and essays.

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Reviews

[Wynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I enjoyed the Monty Egg stories better than the Wimsey ones. I agree with John Curran—Wimsey needs the length of a novel to properly shine. It probably wasn’t helped by the fact that I actually haven’t gone very far into her oeuvre yet, so some of the characters (while loosely known to me) are not quite familiar friends.

I feel, also, that some of the solutions were a bit too magical. I’m particularly raising my eyebrows at “The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey” here. “The Leopard Lady” was also drifting towards fantasy, I think.

But anyway that’s not to say that there weren’t a few solid bangers in here. Overall, it’s probably best to buy this book and read it at leisure over many slow afternoons. Don’t borrow it from the library unless you’re very determined.