- Fiction, Private investigators, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictitious character), English Short stories
Consists of the following short stories - "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers": An artist's jealous nature leads to an investigation of his mistress' disappearance.
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Cool, classical in form, plot-driven and resolved.
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- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- First published
- January 1, 1985
- Pages
- 290
- Publisher
- Payson & Clarke, Avon Books, Chivers Audio Books
- Editions
- 63
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9781420982039
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Subjects
- Fiction
- Private investigators
- Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictitious character)
- English Short stories
- English Detective and mystery stories
- Anthology
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Wimsey, peter, lord (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional
- England, fiction
- Lord Wimsey, Peter (Fictitious character)
- Fiction, short stories (single author)
About Dorothy L. Sayers · 1893–1957
An English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist.
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