In the Teeth of the Evidence
An irresistible collection of stories starring Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg, from the master of classic mysteriesMost 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...
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An irresistible collection of stories starring Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg, from the master of classic mysteriesMost 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 that great murder cases are built around, and few detectives are more adept at finding them than Wimsey, the famous creation of Dorothy L. Sayers. In this volume, two classic Wimsey stories appear alongside five starring Montague Egg, an eccentric wine salesman whose powers of deduction could give His Lordship a run for his money. A handful of other glittering puzzles round out the volume, serving as testament to Sayers’s enduring status as a star of crime fiction. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781453262573 (1453262571)
Publish date: July 31st 2012
Publisher: Open Road Media
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Detective,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Short Stories,
Cozy Mystery
Series: Lord Peter Wimsey , 2, 10, 12 (#14)
A good mystery story is like a magic trick. We all try to find out what the secret is, but we are happy if we are defeated, and a trifle disappointed if we win. The only difference is that the mystery writer reveals her trick at the end, while the magician does not.If a full length mystery novel i...
Hit and miss. Sometimes very miss.
Good read. I particularly liked the stories not involving Wimsey and Egg.
Mostly not her famous, if wet, detective Wimsey but good just the same.