Four Classic Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison / Have His Carcase / Gaudy Night / Busman's Honeymoon

Lord Peter Wimsey #6,8,12,13

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Four classic Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries, 1987. First Perennial Library Edition.

Genres: Mystery, Romance

1504 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

The detective stories of well-known British writer Dorothy Leigh Sayers mostly feature the amateur investigator Lord Peter Wimsey; she also translated the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.

This renowned author and Christian humanist studied classical and modern languages.

Her best known mysteries, a series of short novels, set between World War I and World War II, feature an English aristocrat and amateur sleuth. She is also known for her plays and essays.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Really enjoyed these ones. Pure British detective fiction. Lord Peter and Harriet have an amazing chemistry that is so proper. The book, when taken in context of the time period written, is so risque. Great mysteries. Guessed the first ending, but the second left me baffled. Reading the third and fourth right now.

Just finished the 3rd and 4th, and to tell you the truth, the mysteries got lost in the love story. Great love story. I just loved the chemistry between Lord Peter and Harriet. I was amazed that my pulse could rush in a mystery novel. The mysteries were different from anything that I have ever read. Spent a lot of time going over every miniscule thing, only to quickly resolve it in one chapter at the end. I loved how in the fourth book Sayers let us know what happened to the criminal after the revealing. It really had me thinking about how many mysteries I read and they end all wrapped up neatly, but underneath, they really wouldn't be that neat.

[Gary Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strong Poison, introduces Harriet Vane, to the Lord Peter Whimsey novels. Finding her self in the dock, for the poisoning of her lover. Vane finds help in the shape of the detective Lord Peter Whimsey.
Have his carcass . Again in need of the assistance of Lord Peter. After find a body on a beach. Harriet has to try and reconstruct the events, after reporting the body, finds it has been washed away by the tide.
Gaudy Night. Here Harriet is on the old stomping ground of her and Lord Peters university. This time the case is not murder, but good old fashioned blackmail. Sayers has found a way of using a detective, without having to kill someone first.

[Annginette Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a favorite collection and I reread it regularly. This time I was really struck by how contemporary Dorothy L. Sayers' thoughts on feminism, women's education, and following one's true path were, even though these were written 85 years ago. When I reread any book I love, I find that different themes pop out at me, depending on what I'm thinking about at the time. The emotional and intellectual complications of Peter and Harriet's relationship make more and more sense to me as I grow older.

[Hooshang Danesh · Rating 3 out of 5]

great--loved it-

[Krista · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great classic British mysteries, featuring two of my favorite sleuths: Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. I love how their relationship develops over the course of the 4 novels. Gaudy Night is my favorite.

[Joanna Zeiner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love a book I can get involved with, that I have to chew on a bit to understand personalities and the illusive 'who done it'. Sayers does it for me.

[rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lord Peter Whimsey=hottest detective ever.