A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey is the immortal amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.

A young woman falls asleep on a deserted beach and wakes to discover the body of a man whose throat has been slashed from ear to ear . . .
The young woman is the celebrated detective novelist Harriet Vane, once again drawn against her will into a murder investigation in which she herself could be a suspect.
Lord Peter Wimsey is only too eager to help her clear her name.

Have His Carcase Reviews

She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit. -- P. D. James
Sayers is one of the best detective story writers. -- E. C. Bentley * Daily Telegraph *
I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail. -- Ruth Rendell
She combined literary prose with powerful suspense, and it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller. -- Minette Walters

About Dorothy L Sayers

Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.

Additional information

Sku

GOR001253392

ISBN 13

9780450027123

ISBN 10

0450027120

Title

Have His Carcase: Lord Peter Wimsey Book 8 by Dorothy L Sayers

Author

Dorothy L Sayers

Series

Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Year published

1987-03-01

Number of pages

480

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

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Note

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