Book

Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957, author.

The complete stories / Dorothy L. Sayers.

First Bourbon Street Books edition.

New York, NY : Bourbon Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2013.

xvi, 810 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

A collection of all of Dorothy Sayers's short stories in one volume, including the exploits of aristocrat Lord Peter Wimsey and working-class salesman-sleuth, Montague Egg.

Detective and mystery stories.

Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Private investigators -- England -- Fiction.

Short stories

Introduction / by James Sandoe -- LORD PETER WIMSEY STORIES: Abominable history of the man with copper fingers -- Entertaining episode of the article in question -- Fascinating problem of Uncle Meleager's will -- Fantastic horror of the cat in the bag -- Unprincipled affair of the practical joker -- Undignified melodrama of the bone of contention -- Vindictive story of the footsteps that ran -- Bibulous business of a matter of taste -- Learned adventure of the dragon's head -- Piscatorial farce of the stolen stomach -- Unsolved puzzle of the man with no face -- Adventurous exploit of the cave of Ali Baba -- Image in the mirror -- Incredible elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey -- Queen's square -- Necklace of pearls -- In the teeth of the evidence -- Absolutely elsewhere -- Striding folly -- Haunted policeman -- Talboys -- MONTAGUE EGG STORIES: Poisoned dow '08 -- Sleuths on the scent -- Murder in the morning -- One too many -- Murder at Pentecost -- Maher-shalal-hashbaz -- Shot at goal -- Dirt cheap -- Bitter almonds -- False weight -- Professor's manuscript -- OTHER STORIES: Man who knew how -- Fountain plays -- Milk-bottles -- Dilemma -- Arrow o'er the house -- Scrawns -- Nebuchadnezzar -- Inspiration of Mr. Budd -- Blood sacrifice -- Suspicion -- Leopard lady -- Cyprian cat -- Afterword / by John Curran.

0062275496 (paperaback)

9780062275493 (paperback)

858729856

1

0

1

532413

1

1

FICTION Sayers