- Private investigators, Lord Wimsey, Peter (Fictitious character), English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction
The fiancé of Lord Peter's sister, Mary, is found dead outside the conservatory of the Wimsey family's shooting lodge in Yorkshire. The evidence points to their older brother, Gerald, the Duke of Denver, who is charged with the murder and put on trial in the House of Lords.
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Classical in form, cool, plot-driven and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- First published
- August 1992
- Pages
- 287
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Harcourt, Brace and company, Rehak, David
- Editions
- 80
- Language
- Russian, German, English, Swedish
- ISBN
- 9781569383339
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- Private investigators
- Lord Wimsey, Peter (Fictitious character)
- English Detective and mystery stories
- Fiction
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- Wimsey, peter, lord (fictitious character), fiction
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- England, fiction
- Private investigators, fiction
“Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hotel Meurice.”
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