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Lord Peter Wimsey

9 books in reading order by Dorothy L. Sayers and Dorothy L

  1. Whose Body?

    Book 1

    Whose Body?

    by Dorothy L. Sayers

    The first of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, in which the suave and witty gentleman foregoes a rare-book auction to investigate the presence of a bespectacled nude body in an...

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  2. Strong Poison

    Book 5

    Strong Poison

    by Dorothy L. Sayers

    This is the first in the Lord Peter Wimsey series of stories that includes Harriet Vane. Harriet is introduced as she stands in the dock on trial for murder. Lord...

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  3. Have His Carcase

    Book 7

    Have His Carcase

    by Dorothy L

    When Harriet Vane finds a dead body on the beach, she and Lord Peter Wimsey must solve a murder when all the evidence has washed out to sea Harriet Vane...

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  4. Murder Must Advertise

    Book 8

    Murder Must Advertise

    by Dorothy L

    When a man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable London advertising agency, it looks like an accident. Then Lord Peter Wimsey is...

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  5. Murder Must Advertise

    Book 8

    Murder Must Advertise

    by Dorothy L. Sayers

    When a man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable London advertising agency, it looks like an accident. Then Lord Peter Wimsey is...

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  6. The Nine Tailors

    Book 9

    The Nine Tailors

    by Dorothy L. Sayers

    When his sexton finds a corpse in the wrong grave, the rector of Fenchurch St Paul asks Lord Peter Wimsey to find out who the dead man was and how...

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  7. Gaudy Night

    Book 10

    Gaudy Night

    by Dorothy L

    Harriet Vane attends her Gaudy (reunion) at Oxford to find a mystery brewing. The first part of the book involves Harriet and the dons (professors) at her college. Lord Peter...

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  8. Gaudy Night

    Book 10

    Gaudy Night

    by Dorothy L. Sayers

    Harriet Vane attends her Gaudy (reunion) at Oxford to find a mystery brewing. The first part of the book involves Harriet and the dons (professors) at her college. Lord Peter...

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  9. Busman's Holiday

    Book 11

    Busman's Holiday

    by Dorothy L

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