Last week I received a box of
books from Harper Paperbacks. I receive a lot of boxes of books every week but
these were special - these weren't just any books, these were newly re-released
Dorothy L. Sayers books.
The grand dame of mysteries. The spirit behind the eponymous Dorothy-L mystery fiction
listserve.
The good folks at Harper Paperbacks enlisted Elizabeth George to write new forwards and they will be available for purchase October 16. Plus they have beautiful new covers!
“One of the greatest mystery story writers of
this century.”
—Los Angeles Times
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Bourbon Street Books
Presents
Dorothy
L. Sayers’
Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery
Series
With an introduction by
Elizabeth George
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|
HarperCollins Publishers is
proud to reissue STRONG POISON, HAVE HIS CARCASE, GAUDY
NIGHT, and BUSMAN’S HONEYMOON (Bourbon Street Books/Harper
Paperbacks/HarperCollins Publishers; October 16, 2012; Paperback; $14.99 each),
four Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers, published as
part of the new Bourbon Street Books line. This spell-binding series includes:
· STRONG POISON — Mystery novelist Harriet
Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiancé died in the manner prescribed
in one of her books, a jury of her peers had a hangman’s noose in mind. But
Lord Peter Wimsey was determined to find her innocent—as determined as he was
to make her his wife.
· HAVE HIS CARCASE — The mystery writer Harriet
Vane, recovering from an unhappy love affair and its aftermath, seeks solace on
a barren beach—deserted but for the body of a bearded young man with his throat
cut. With the appearance of her dear friend Lord Peter Wimsey, she finds a
reason for detective pursuit—as only the two of them can pursue it.
· GAUDY NIGHT — 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.” Harriet finds herself ensnared in a nightmare
of romance and terror, with only the tiniest shreds of clues to challenge her
powers of detection, and those of her paramour, Lord Peter Wimsey.
· BUSMAN’S HONEYMOON — Murder is hardly the best
way for Lord Peter Wimsey 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. What Lord
Peter had hoped would be a very private and romantic stay in the country soon
turns into a most baffling case: the deceased has not a spot of blood on his
smashed skull and not a pence less than six hundred pounds in his pocket.
Packaged
with stunning new designs and accompanied by an introduction by contemporary
mystery stalwart, Elizabeth George, these new editions are sure to captivate
Sayers’ legion of fans and mystery novices alike. These four titles stand apart
from Sayers’ renowned oeuvre as magna opera, and the quintessential gentleman
detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, is at his finest.
About the Author
Often called the greatest detective novelist of the Golden Age, Dorothy
L. Sayers was born in 1893. She was one of the first women to be
awarded a degree by Oxford University and later became a copywriter at an ad
agency. In 1923 she published her first novel featuring the aristocratic
detective Lord Peter Wimsey, who became one of the world’s most popular
fictional heroes. She died in 1957.
You can preorder through Amazon.com
or your favorite bookseller.
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