Dorothy L. Sayers (Fair Use) |
A number of the Wimsey tales are short stories, which by design are much simpler than novels. Such stories are so noted below.
Of the Golden Age detectives, Lord Peter is my least favorite. But you may not agree.
Recurring Characters of Note:
Lord Peter Wimsey
Mervyn Bunter, his batman
Charles Parker, his brother-in-law
Harriet Vane
#1 Whose Body?, 1923
#2 Clouds of Witness, 1926
#3 Unnatural Death/ The Dawson Pedigree (US title), 1927
Lord Peter Views the Body, 1928, short story collection
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 1928
Strong Poison, 1930
The Five Red Herrings, 1931
Have His Carcase, 1932
Hangman's Holiday, 1933, short story collection
Murder Must Advertise, 1933
The Nine Tailors, 1934
Gaudy Night, 1935
Busman's Honeymoon, 1937
In the Teeth of the Evidence, 1940, short story in the collection of the same name
Lord Peter is visiting his dentist when the man is summoned to examine the teeth of a corpse for identification purposes. Of course, Wimsey envigles his way into the scene. The identification appears to be straightforward.
Absolutely Elsewhere, 1940, short story in the collection In the Teeth of the Evidence
Wimsey's brother-in-law, detective Parker has asked him to help with a crime where all the good suspects were elsewhere at the time. An unpleasant and financially tight-fisted man is found murdered at the dinner table. Phone conversations place the man's nephews miles away. There is a man waiting in the library who might like to kill him. There is the butler and the cook. The solution of this mystery depends upon an understanding of the technology of the time period.
Striding Folly, 1972, short stories collected posthumously
Lord Peter, 1972, short stories collected posthumously
Thrones, Dominations, 1998 published posthumously and completed by Jill Paton Walsh
