Whose Body?

Lord Peter Wimsey encounters his first murder case when the body of a prominent financier is discovered in a bathtub, and Wimsey finds clues in the body's post-murder facial shave and a pair of gold pince-nez.

Clouds of Witness

When his future brother-in-law is murdered during a country retreat, Lord Peter Wimsey is shocked when his brother is accused and seeks the truth in a letter from Egypt, a suitcase-bearing fiancée, and a second murder attempt.

Unnatural Death

The senseless death of a wealthy old woman brings debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey to the scene of the crime, causing him to search for answers from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable London flat.

Lord Peter Views the Body

[Includes The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers, The entertaining Episode of the Article in Question, The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will, The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag, The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker, The Undignified Melodrama of the Bone of Contention, The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps that Ran, The Bibulous Business of a Matter of Taste, The Learned Adventure of the Dragon's Head, The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach, The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face, The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba]

Lord Peter views the body in 12 tantalizing and bizarre ways in this collection. He deals with such marvels as the man with copper fingers, Uncle Meleager's missing will, the cat in the bag, the footsteps that ran, the stolen stomach, the man without a face. And with such clues as cyanide, jewels, a roast chicken, and a classic crossword puzzle.

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

A ninety-year-old man's time of death becomes pivotal in deciding upon his half-million-pound estate, and Lord Peter Wimsey must search through such clues as an artificial poppy and an unsolicited telephone repair.

The Documents in the Case

The grotesquely grinning corpse in the Devonshire shack had been an expert on fungi. His body contained enough muscarine to kill 30 people. Why would he feast on such a large quantity of this poisonous species? A clue was hidden in a series of letters and documents that no one seemed to care about - except the dead man's son.

Strong Poison

Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knows all about poisons, and when her fiancée dies in a manner described in one of her books, a jury of her peers think a hangman's noose is the answer. But Lord Peter Wimsey is determined to find Harriet innocent - and make her his wife.

Five Red Herrings

When an artist is found dead at the bottom of a cliff where he had been painting, a masterpiece in mystery arises, with six artists as suspects, five of them ""red herrings"" and one a murderer who baffles even Lord Peter Wimsey.

Have His Carcase

Retreating to a barren beach in order to console her broken heart, mystery writer Harriet Vane is alarmed when she discovers the dead body of a young man and appeals to her friend Lord Peter for assistance in solving the mystery.

Hangman's Holiday

Lord Peter Wimsey is back in this collection of short mysteries that also includes the fictional exploits of working-class sleuth Montague Egg.

Murder Must Advertise

At Pym's Publicity, life must go on after the tragedy of Victor Dean's accidental fall down the spiral staircase, and a new copywriter is hired to take his place. The new man is actually Lord Peter, working incognito - called in by Mr. Pym, who thinks there is more to Dean's death than meets the eye. Wimsey must sift the truth from the gossip in a mystery that leads him from the offices of the Bloomsbury media to beau monde parties where the Bright Young Things kick up their heels. Questions involve him in a vicious network of blackmailers and dope peddlers, ruthless men who will kill - and kill again - to protect themselves. Five people die before one of the most sinister and deadly plots in contemporary crime fiction is finally unraveled.

The Nine Tailors

Nine tellerstrokes from the belfry of an ancient country church toll the death of an unknown man and call the famous Lord Peter Wimsey to one of his most brilliant cases, set in the atmosphere of a quiet parish in the strange, flat, fen-country of East Anglia.

Gaudy Night

In this Lord Peter Wimsey whodunit, mystery writer Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy". But the festivities are haunted by a series of ghastly warnings that threaten murder. Soon Harriet and her paramour, Lord Peter Wimsey, find themselves ensnared in a nightmare of terror.

Busman's Honeymoon

When their plans for a private and romantic honeymoon are disrupted by the untimely murder of their estate's former owner, newlyweds Lord Peter and Harriet Vane are baffled by the strange clues that they discover.

In the Teeth of the Evidence

[Includes: Lord Peter Wimsey stories: In the Teeth of the Evidence, Absolutely Elsewhere; Montague Egg stories: A Shot at Goal, Dirt cheap, Bitter Almonds, False Weight, The Professor's Manuscript; Other stories: The Milk Bottles, Dilemma, An Arrow o'er the House, Scrawns, Nebuchadnezzar, The Inspiration of Mr. Budd, Blood Sacrifice, Suspicion, The Leopard Lady, The Cyprian Cat]

A fleeting killer's green mustache. A corpse clutching a note with misplaced vowels. A telephone with the unmistakable ring of death. A hopeful heir's dreams of fortune done in when nature beats him to the punch. A playwright's unwatered-down honor that is thicker than blood. In each case, the murder baffles the local authorities. For his Lordship and the spirited salesman-sleuth Montague Egg, a corpse is an intriguing invitation to unravel the postmortem puzzles of fascinating falsehoods, mysterious motives and diabolical demises.

Striding Folly

In Striding Folly, Lord Peter appears for the last time in three very different novellas. The title story is both a detective puzzle and an eerie supernatural incident, in which a dream about a game of chess has momentous consequences. A white rook, two castles, a dead black crow ... each has its part to play in the puzzle. The Haunted Policeman is a detective tale, in which a drunken policeman is sober, a dead man was never alive - and a house is numbered thirteen in a street of even numbers. Only Lord Peter Wimsey can see through these apparent paradoxes. Talboys, the third story, is a delightful portrait of the Wimsey's happy family as well as an accomplished detective story. There is dangerous rivalry over the village flower show; one of Lord Peter's children is accused of a crime and something nasty lurks in the furnace room.

Thrones, Dominations (co-author Jill Paton Walsh)

Announcing the long-awaited return of newlyweds Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane in Dorothy L. Sayers' never-before-published final mystery. Set in 1939, during the short-lived reign of King Edward VIII, "Thrones, Dominations" is based on Sayers' original outline, and has been completed in Sayers' voice and style by Jill Paton Walsh.

Omnibus

Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

All the Lord Peter Wimsey short stories are collected in an anthology that features some twenty tales of mystery and detection.