Autor: Dorothy Leigh Sayers

Whose Body? is a 1923 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, which introduced the character of Lord Peter Wimsey.CHAPTER I’Oh, damn!’ said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus. 'Hi, driver!’The taxi man, irri …

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder — especially with a pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. W …

A good collection of short stories. If you enjoy Agatha Christie, you should enjoy Dorothy Sayers. Dated as they are, once the readers get past the cultural references and old-fashioned language, one …

Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bath of an architect at the same time a noted financier goes missing under strange circumstances. As the case progresses it …

Dans un club en Angleterre, le général Fentiman, qui allait sur ses quatre-vingt-dix ans, est découvert mort dans son fauteuil. Mort naturelle apparemment. Mais, le même jour, sa soeur, lady Dormer, …

Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bath of an architect at the same time a noted financier goes missing under strange circumstances. As the case progresses it …

WIMSEY–VANE. On the 8th October, at St. Cross Church, Oxford, Peter Death Bredon Wimsey, second son of the late Gerald Mortimer Bredon Wimsey, 15th Duke of Denver, to Harriet Deborah Vane, only daug …

Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hôtel Meurice. After his exertions in the unravelling of the Battersea Mystery, he had followed Sir Julian Fre …

“Oh, damn!” said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus. “Hi, driver!” The taxi man, irritated at receiving this appeal while negotiating the intricacies of turning into Lower Regent Street across th …

The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people seem to think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth. …

The car lay, helpless and ridiculous, her nose deep in the ditch, her back wheels cocked absurdly up on the bank, as though she were doing her best to bolt to earth and were scraping herself a burrow …

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’And by the way, ’ said Mr. Hankin, arresting Miss Rossiter as she rose to go, 'there is a new copy-writer coming in today.’ 'Oh, yes, Mr. Hankin?’ 'His name is Bredon. I can’t tell you much about hi …