Books by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) was a playwright, scholar, and acclaimed author of mysteries, best known for her books starring the gentleman sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.

Born in Oxford, England, Sayers, whose father was a reverend, grew up in the Bluntisham rectory and won a scholarship to Oxford University where she studied modern languages and worked at the publishing house Blackwell's, which published her first book of poetry in 1916.

Years later, working as an advertising copywriter, Sayers began work on Whose Body?, a mystery novel featuring dapper detective Lord Peter Wimsey. Over the next two decades, Sayers published ten more Wimsey novels and several short stories, crafting a character whose complexity was unusual for the mystery novels of the time.

In 1936, Sayers brought Lord Peter Wimsey to the stage in a production of Busman's Honeymoon, a story which she would publish as a novel the following year. The play was so successful that she gave up mystery writing to focus on the stage, producing a series of religious works culminating in The Man Born to Be King (1941) a radio drama about the life of Jesus.

She also wrote theological essays and criticism during and after World War II, and in 1949 published the first volume of a translation of Dante's Divine Comedy (which she considered to be her best work).

Dorothy Sayers died of a heart attack in 1957.

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers Thipps, an architect, finds a dead body wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez in the bath in his London flat. Inspector Sugg, the official investigator, believes the body to be that of the famous financier Sir Reuben Levy, who has disappeared from his bedroom in mysterious circumstances the night before. Leading the investigation into... Today's Bargain Price: $1.99 Get It Now Categories: Unknown Available on Audible

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the Gaudy, the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obscenities, burnt effigies, and poison-pen letters, including one that says, "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup." Some of the notes threaten murder; all are... Today's Bargain Price: $3.55 Get It Now Categories: Action and Adventure

Gaudy Night (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) by Dorothy L. Sayers Back at Oxford for her reunion, Harriet Vane, Lord Peter’s beloved, finds herself in mortal danger Since she graduated from Oxford’s Shrewsbury College, Harriet Vane has found fame by writing novels about ingenious murders. She also won infamy when she was accused of committing a murder herself. It took a timely intervention from the... Today's Bargain Price: $9.41 Get It Now Categories: Unknown Available on Audible

Have His Carcase (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) by Dorothy L. Sayers When Harriet Vane finds a dead body on the beach, she and Lord Peter Wimsey must solve a murder when all the evidence has washed out to sea. Harriet Vane has gone on vacation to forget her recent murder trial and, more importantly, to forget the man who cleared her name—the dapper, handsome, and maddening Lord Peter Wimsey. She is... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Get It Now Categories: Unknown

Busman's Honeymoon (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) by Dorothy L. Sayers In this installment of the “literate and delightful” Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, Harriet Vane’s honeymoon with the dapper British detective is marred by murder (Chicago Tribune). It took several near-death experiences for Lord Peter Wimsey to convince Harriet Vane to be his wife, but she has finally relented. When the dapper... Today's Bargain Price: $6.69 Get It Now Categories: Unknown

Strong Poison (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) by Dorothy L. Sayers Harriet Vane may face the hangman for the murder of her fiancé—and only Lord Peter Wimsey can save her—in this “model detective story” (The New York Times). Lord Peter Wimsey comes to the trial of Harriet Vane for a glimpse at one of the most engaging murder cases London has seen in years. Unfortunately for the detective, the... Today's Bargain Price: $9.99 Get It Now Categories: Unknown Available on Audible

Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sayers There's a corpse in the bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth. Urged to investigate by his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, Lord Peter quickly ascertains that the sudden disappearance of a well-known financier is in some way connected to the body in the... Today's Bargain Price: $1.99 Get It Now Categories: All Contemporary Fiction & Literature; All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers; All Women's Fiction; Bestsellers Available on Audible

Thrones, Dominations: A Lord Peter Wimsey / Harriet Vane Mystery (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mysteries Book 1) by Dorothy L. Sayers Deemed "one of the greatest mystery writers of this century" by the Los Angeles Times, Dorothy L. Sayers first captivated readers nearly seventy years ago with her beloved sleuths Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane in the novel Stong Poison. In Busmans's Honeymoon, her last completed Wimsey/Vane novel, Lord Peter and Harriet culminated... Today's Bargain Price: $7.99 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers; Bestsellers

Whose Body (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery Book 1) by Dorothy L. Sayers Wimsey's mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, telephones to say that Thipps, an architect hired to do some work on her local church, has just found a dead body wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez in the bath in his London flat. The official investigator, Inspector Sugg, suspects Thipps and his servant; Wimsey starts his own... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers Available on Audible

Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Series Book 1) by Dorothy L. Sayers Book 1 in the "Lord Peter Wimsey" series!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 becomes clear that the two events are linked in some way! Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers Available on Audible

Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thrill of the hunt -- until the game turned up human and quite dead. He lay among the chrysanthemums, wore slippers and a dinner jacket and was Lord Peter's brother-in-law-to-be. His accused murderer was Wimsey's own brother, and if murder set... Today's Bargain Price: $3.95 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers Available on Audible

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (Halcyon Classics) by Dorothy L. Sayers This Halcyon Classics ebook WHOSE BODY? is by 20th century British detective writer Dorothy L. Sayers. Sayers (1893-1957) is best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between World War I and World War II that feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. She also composed poetry, essays... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers; Bestsellers Available on Audible

Whose Body? (A Lord Peter Whimsey Mystery) by Dorothy L. Sayers Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1893 – 1957) was a renowned English crime writer best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between World War I and World War II that feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. Lord Peter is intrigued by the sudden appearance of a naked dead body in the bath and... Today's Bargain Price: $2.99 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers; Bestsellers Available on Audible

Catholic Tales and Christian Songs by Dorothy Sayers Christ walks the world again, His lute upon His back,His red robe rent to tatters, His riches gone to rack,The wind that wakes the morning blows His hair about His face,His hands and feet are ragged with the ragged briar’s embrace,For the hunt is up behind Him and His sword is at His side, …Christ the bonny outlaw walks the whole... Today's Bargain Price: $4.99 Get It Now Categories: Unknown

Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine by Dorothy Sayers What must a person believe to be a Christian? Dorothy Sayers lays out age-old doctrines without prettying-up or watering-down. She brings them vividly to life by showing how the Bible, history, literature, and modern science fit together to make religion not only possible but necessary in our time. So whether you are reading the great... Today's Bargain Price: $8.49 Get It Now Categories: All Nonfiction; All Religion & Spirituality

Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sayers When a body dressed only in a pair of pince-nez glasses is found in the bathtub at 59 Queen Caroline Mansions in Battersea, the only thing that becomes obvious is that it is not the body of the financier, Sir Reuben Levy. But whose body is it, and how did it get into the apartment of middle-aged architect Alfred Thripps? And by the way... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers; Bestsellers Available on Audible

Catholic Tales and Christian Songs (Illustrated) by Dorothy L. Sayers — A Classic — Includes Active Table of Contents — Includes Religious Illustrations WHEN I've thrown my books aside, being petulant and weary, And have turned down the gas, and the firelight has sufficed, When my brain's too stiff for prayer, and too indolent for theory, Will You come and play with me, big Brother Christ? Aeterna... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Get It Now Categories: All Nonfiction; All Religion & Spirituality

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers There's a corpse in the bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth. Urged to investigate by his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, Lord Peter quickly ascertains that the sudden disappearance of a well-known financier is in some way connected to the body in the... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Get It Now Categories: All Contemporary Fiction & Literature; All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers; All Women's Fiction Available on Audible

Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers 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 becomes clear that the two events are linked in some way. Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers; Bestsellers Available on Audible

A Treasury of Sayers Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers 24 mystery stories by Dorothy L. Sayers----------------------------------------------LORD PETER WIMSEY STORIES:1. The Image in the Mirror 2. The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey 3. The Queen's Square 4. The Necklace of Pearls MONTAGUE EGG STORIES:1. The Poisoned Dow '082. Sleuths on the Scent3. Murder in the Morning4. One Too... Today's Bargain Price: $2.99 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers Whose Body? is a 1923 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, which introduced the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. Wimsey's mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, telephones to say that Thipps, an architect hired to do some work on her local church, has just found a dead body wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez in the bath in his London flat.... Today's Bargain Price: $3.69 Get It Now Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers Available on Audible