Hangman's Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries
Dorothy L. Sayers,Paperback,Series: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series, English-language edition,Pub by HarperCollins Publishers
Dorothy L. Sayers,Paperback,Series: Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Series, English-language edition,Pub by HarperCollins Publishers
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060808372 (0060808373)
Publish date: January 31st 1987
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 191
Edition language: English
Series: Lord Peter Wimsey , 2, 10, 12 (#9)
A few indifferent Wimsey shorts, some good Montague Egg stories, and then a couple of weak stand-alones.
A quick, satisfying read, from the time when all novelists also wrote stories. A few star Wimsey, a couple star Montague Egg, commercial traveler, and a few stand alone, including one of the best. Just the thing for those who aren't sure if they'll enjoy Sayers, or for readers who need a brief diver...
Some of these short stories are quite brilliant - Sayers has a gift of telling concise, interesting mysteries almost better as short stories than novel-length. I didn't expect the non-Lord Peter stories, but (although rather improbable) I enjoyed them nevertheless.
Now that I've started I remember reading this collection in high school. The stories so far are weirder than her norm -- almost Father Brown-ish.
Includes stories from Monty Egg and Lord Peter Wimsey. Couple of stories were really good others were, sorry to say, ordinary.
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