Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsley Mystery (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery) [Paperback]

'A truly great storyteller' (Minette Walters )

'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers.' (E. C. Bentley, Daily Telegraph )

'I admire her novels . . . she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail' (Ruth Rendell )

'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' (P. D. James )

‘D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers.'

‘She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.'

'A truly great storyteller'

Harriet Vane has never dared to return to her old Oxford college. Now, despite her scandalous life, she has been summoned back . . .

At first she thinks her worst fears have been fulfilled, as she encounters obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy when she arrives at sedate Shrewsbury College for the 'Gaudy' celebrations.

But soon, Harriet realises that she is not the only target of this murderous malice - and asks Lord Peter Wimsey to help.

A full cast dramatisation starring the wonderful Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey in a role that he has made his own both on television and radio. Joanna David plays Wimsey's alta-ego and is a magnificent Harriet Vane. For any Sayers/Lord Peter Wimsey fan the end of the piece is truly moving. The release also provides bonus material from P D James and Jill Paton Walsh, and it is fascinating to hear the opinions of two of our leading crime writers discussing Dorothy L Sayers work with their unique insight. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.