Dorothy L Sayers: 51 books

Book cover of The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers Vol II

The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers Vol II

1937-1943: From Novelist to Playwright

by Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014

This second volume of Dorothy L. Sayers covers the seven years in which the greatest detective novelist of the golden age--and the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey--turns away from mystery writing to become a playwright and, in turn, a controversial figure. Accused on the one hand of blasphemy,...
Book cover of The Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers

The Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers

Selections from Her Novels, Plays, Letters, and Essays

by Dorothy L. Sayers, C. S. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018

In this anthology, renowned murder mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers tackles faith, doubt, human nature, and the most dramatic story ever told. For almost a century, a series of labyrinthine murder mysteries have kept fans turning pages hungrily as Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane discover...
Book cover of The Floating Admiral
by The Detection Club, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019

It’s “great fun” when a baker’s dozen of Golden Age authors collaborate on a whodunit—including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton (The Guardian).   Originally published in 1931, The Floating Admiral is a classic literary collaboration by members of the Detection...
Book cover of Whose Body?
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013

In the debut mystery in Dorothy L. Sayers’s acclaimed Lord Peter Wimsey series, the case of a dead bather draws Lord Peter into the 1st of many puzzling mysteries Lord Peter Wimsey spends his days tracking down rare books, and his nights hunting killers. Though the Great War has left his...
Book cover of In the Teeth of the Evidence

In the Teeth of the Evidence

And Other Mysteries

by Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012

An irresistible collection of “truly remarkable” stories from the master of classic mysteries, featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg (The New York Times). Most noblemen would prefer to avoid a charred corpse in a garage. But Lord Peter Wimsey has never seen such a body, and cannot...
Book cover of The Complete, Annotated Whose Body?
by Dorothy L. Sayers, Bill Peschel
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012

When church architect Mr. Thipps finds a naked man in his Battersea bathroom, Lord Peter Wimsey is on the case! The aristocratic amateur detective, accompanied by his camera-bearing manservant Bunter, follows a trail of blood as he pursues stock market manipulation, medical malpractice and Lord Brocklebury's...
Book cover of Thrones, Dominations

Thrones, Dominations

A Lord Peter Wimsey / Harriet Vane Mystery

by Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1999

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...
Book cover of Ask a Policeman
by The Detection Club, Agatha Christie, Martin Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019

With “a touch of genius,” this round-robin mystery follow-up to The Floating Admiral features famous detectives including Lord Peter Wimsey (The Times Literary Supplement). Following the success of The Floating Admiral, in which certain members of the Detection Club—including Agatha Christie,...
Book cover of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012

“The special qualities of Dorothy Sayers’ writing are seen here at their best” as Lord Peter battles to solve the murder of a war hero (Saturday Review). Even the Bellona Club’s most devoted members would never call it lively. Its atmosphere is that of a morgue—or, at best, a funeral...
Book cover of Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012

Oxford is full of memories—and threats of murder—for Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey in this mystery that “stands out even among Miss Sayers’s novels” (The Times Literary Supplement). Since she graduated from Oxford’s Shrewsbury College, Harriet Vane has found fame by writing...
Book cover of The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection

The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection

Lord Peter Views the Body, Hangman's Holiday, In the Teeth of the Evidence, and Striding Folly

by Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018

Four volumes of short stories featuring the iconic British aristocrat and sleuth from “one of the greatest mystery story writers” (Los Angeles Times). A gentleman needs hobbies. For Lord Peter Wimsey—a Great War veteran with a touch of shell shock—collecting rare books, sampling fine...
Book cover of The Mind of the Maker

The Mind of the Maker

The Expression of Faith through Creativity and Art

by Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015

In her most profound work, Sayers investigates the nature of God and creativity From the first pages of Genesis, it is clear that God and man share one vital trait: the ability to create great works out of nothing. More than any other group, artists feel impelled to create, and this urge brings...
Book cover of Hangman's Holiday

Hangman's Holiday

A Collection of Mysteries

by Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012

Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg confront menaces from purloined pearls to poisoned port in tales from “one of the greatest mystery story writers” (Los Angeles Times). In the annals of mystery writing, Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg are among the most memorable detectives. Lord Peter—noble...
Book cover of Striding Folly

Striding Folly

A Collection of Mysteries

by Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012

In three stories, Lord Peter Wimsey confronts land barons, killers—and fatherhood: “One of the most skillful of mystery writers” (The New York Times). For decades, Lord Peter Wimsey has made life tough for England’s criminal class. In town and country he solved some of the most baffling...
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