From the back cover: The grotesquely grinning corpse in the Devonshire shack was of a man who had died horribly—with a dish of mushrooms at his side. His body contained enough death-dealing muscarine to kill thirty people. Why would an expert on fungi feast on a large quantity of this particularly poisonous species? A clue to the brilliant murderer, who had baffled the best … [Read more...] about The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers (with Robert Eustace)
Dorothy L. Sayers
Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers: A-
Book description: Lord Peter Wimsey's last three baffling cases all demonstrate his unique detection skills at their most spectacular. The enigma of a house numbered thirteen in a street of even numbers. An indignant child accused of theft. A dream about a game of chess that uncovers the true story behind a violent death. Each of the stories introduces a different side of the … [Read more...] about Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers: A-
In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers: B
From the back cover: A fleeing killer's green mustache. A corpse clutching a note with misplaced vowels. A telephone with the unmistakable ring of death. A hopeful heir's dreams of fortune done in when nature beats him to the punch. A playwright's unwatered-down honor that is thicker than blood. In each case, the murder baffles the local authorities. For his Lordship and the … [Read more...] about In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers: B
Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers: B+
From the back cover: Murder is hardly the best way for Lord Peter and his bride, the famous mystery writer Harriet Vane, to start their honeymoon. It all begins when the former owner of their newly acquired estate is found quite nastily dead in the cellar. And what Lord Peter had hoped would be a very private and romantic stay in the country soon turns into a most baffling … [Read more...] about Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers: B+
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers: A+
From the back cover: When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy," the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obscenities, burnt effigies, and poison-pen letters—including one that says, "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup." Some of the notes threaten murder; all are perfectly ghastly; yet in … [Read more...] about Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers: A+