Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers

Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers

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. 'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner's body in the cellar. Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel. Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story with romantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style. 'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James

She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit-- P.D. James
Dorothy L 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
A truly great storyteller. -- Minette Walters

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.

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ISBN 13	9780450018008
ISBN 10	0450018008
Title	Busman's Honeymoon
Author	Dorothy L Sayers
Series	Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	1974-05-01
Number of pages	464
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