BOOKS by Dorothy L Sayers

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1	Mind of the Maker more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist Dorothy L. Sayers' great lay contemporaries in the Church of England were T. S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams, but none of them wrote a book quite like The Mind of the Maker. In this crisp, elegant exercise in theology, Sayers illuminates the doctrine of the Trinity by relating it to the process of writing fiction, a process about which ... see all copies from $3.46! new only from $7.94! \| first editions
2	Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist Now collected in a single volume, mysteries featuring Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey, the aristocratic amateur sleuth introduced in 1923, are attractively repackaged for a new generation of readers. Features "The Image in the Mirror", "Tallboys", and many more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.08! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Nine Tailors more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist Recipient of the British Crime Writers' Association's Rusty Dagger Award in 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.02! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Whose Body? more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist It was the body of a tall stout man. On his dead face, a handsome pair of gold pince-nez mocked death with grotesque elegance. The body wore nothing else. Lord Peter Wimsey knew immediately what the corpse was supposed to be. His problem was to find out whose body had found its way into Mr Alfred Thipps' Battersea bathroom. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.74! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell more books like this by Dante Alighieri, Alighieri Dante, Dorothy L Sayers (Translator) add to wishlist Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned - from heretics and pagans to gluttons, criminals and seducers - who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.39! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Strong Poison more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist Can Lord Peter Wimsey prove that Harriet Vane is not guilty of murder - or find the real poisoner in time to save her from the gallows? Impossible, it seems. The Crown's case is watertight. The police are adamant that the right person is on trial. The judge's summing-up is also clear. Harriet Vane is guilty of the killing her lover. And Harriet ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Gaudy Night more books like this by Dorothy L. Sayers add to wishlist While most contemporary mysteries kick off with a dead body, and gallop along at a headlong pace, GAUDY NIGHT, first published in 1935, is a far more mannered work. Rather than focus on violence, this classic novel uses both the mystery and the personal lives of the characters to debate whether it's possible for a woman to balance the demands of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Clouds of Witness more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist The Duke of Denver, accused of murder, stands trial for his life in the House of Lords. Naturally, his brother Lord Peter Wimsey is investigating the crime - this is a family affair. The murder took place at the duke's shooting lodge and Lord Peter's sister was engaged to marry the dead man. But why does the duke refuse to co-operate with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist What must a person believe to be a Christian? Dorothy Sayers lays out age-old doctrines without prettying-up or watering-down. She brings them vividly to life by showing how the Bible, history, literature, and modern science fit together to make religion not only possible but necessary in our time. So whether you are reading the great works of ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.75! \| SVS
10	Unnatural Death more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist 'No sign of foul play,' says Dr Carr after the post-mortem on Agatha Dawson. The case is closed. But Lord Peter Wimsey is not satisfied ...With no clues to work on, he begins his own investigation. No clues, that is, until the sudden, senseless murder of Agatha's maid. What is going on in the mysterious Mrs Forrest's Mayfair flat? And can Wimsey ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Murder Must Advertise more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist Lord Peter Wimsey joins Pym's Publicity as a new copywriter shortly after his predecessor has fallen to his death down the admittedly hazardous iron staircase. Victor Dean was not popular with his fellows - but did that mean someone had engineered his death, and why? By the author of "Whose Body?". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Busman's Honeymoon more books like this by Dorothy L. Sayers add to wishlist They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner's body in the cellar. Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel. Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Have His Carcase more books like this by Dorothy L. Sayers add to wishlist A young woman falls asleep on a deserted beach and wakes to discover the body of a man whose throat has been slashed from ear to ear...The young woman is the celebrated detective novelist Harriet Vane, once again drawn against her will into a murder investigation in which she herself could be a suspect. Lord Peter Wimsey is only too eager to help ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Five Red Herrings more books like this by Dorothy L Sayer, Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist The body was on the pointed rocks alongside the stream. The artist might have fallen from the cliff where he was painting, but there are too many suspicious elements - particularly the medical evidence that proves he'd been dead nearly half a day, though eyewitnesses had seen him alive a scant hour earlier. And then there are the six prime ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.01! \| SVS
15 view cover	Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist Lord Peter Wimsey bent down over General Fentiman and drew the Morning Post gently away from the gnarled old hands. Then, with a quick jerk, he lifted the quiet figure. It came up all of a piece, stiff as a wooden doll ...But how did the general die? Who was the mysterious Mr X who fled when he was wanted for questioning? And which of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Striding Folly more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist Lord Peter Wimsey's last three baffling cases all demonstrate his unique detction skills at their most spectacular. The engima 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 ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $7.99!
17 view cover	Thrones and Dominations more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh add to wishlist This mystery featuring Sayers's detective duo Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane went unfinished and unpublished for 60 years. The story has recently been completed by Booker Prize finalist Jill Paton Walsh according to Sayers's outline for the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18	The Man Born to Be King more books like this by Dorothy L. Sayers add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! first editions
19 view cover	In the Teeth of the Evidence more books like this by Dorothy L. Sayers add to wishlist All that was left of the garage was a heap of charred and smouldering beams. In the driving seat of the burnt-out car were the remains of a body ...An accident, said the police. An accident, said the widow. She had been warning her husband about the danger of the car for months. Murder, said the famous detective Lord Peter Wimsey - and proceeded ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.51! \| first editions
20 view cover	Thrones, Dominations more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist This mystery featuring Sayers's detective duo Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane went unfinished and unpublished for 60 years. The story has recently been completed by Booker Prize finalist Jill Paton Walsh according to Sayers's outline for the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Documents in the Case more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist The bed was broken and tilted grotesquely sideways. Harrison was sprawled over in a huddle of soiled blankets. His mouth was twisted ...Harrison had been an expert on deadly mushrooms. How was it then that he had eaten a large quantity of death-dealing muscarine? Was it an accident? Suicide? Or murder? The documents in the case seemed to be a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.24! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Five red herrings more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist Lord Peter Wimsey could imagine the artist stepping back, the stagger, the fall, down to where the pointed rocks grinned like teeth. But was it an accident - or murder? Six members of the close-knit Galloway artists' colony do not regret Campbell's death. Five of them are red herrings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.24! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Whimsical Christian: 18 Essays more books like this by Dorothy L Sayers add to wishlist see all copies from $4.76! new only from $181.59! \| first editions
24 view cover	A Presumption of Death more books like this by Jill Paton Walsh add to wishlist Jill Paton Walsh's second "new" Dorothy Sayers book--another tale of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, this one set during World War II--sends Harriet into the fray when a Land Girl is murdered during an air raid. Her investigation takes an unexpected turn when the local dentist, who is a bit of an odd bird, reveals that their quiet village is a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.25! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Wings Suspense: Dorothy L. Sayers: Four Complete Peter Wimsey Novels more books like this by Dorothy L. Sayers add to wishlist Lord Peter Wimsey, one of the best-loved detectives, scholars and bon vivants of fiction, is at his deductive best in Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, Murder Must Advertise and Gaudy Night. see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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