Hangman's Holiday

Hangman's Holiday

By Dorothy L Sayers

Pages

191

Rating

4.12

Year

1933

FictionMysteryClassicsCrimeShort StoriesMystery Thriller

Description

Amusing and absolutely appalling things happen on the way to the gallows when murder meets Lord Peter Wimsey and the delightful working-class sleuth Montague Egg. This sumptuous feast of criminal doings and undoings includes a vintage double identity and a horrid incident of feline assassination that will tease the minds of cat-lovers everywhere. Not to be missed are "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey" (with a lovely American woman-turned-zombie) and eight more puzzlers penned in inimitable style by the mistress of murder.

Includes:

The Image in the Mirror

The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey

The Queen's Square

The Necklace of Pearls

The Poisoned Dow '08

Sleuths on the Scent

Murder in the Morning

One Too Many

Murder at Pentecost

Maher-Shalal-Hashbaz

The Man Who Knew How

The Fountain Plays.

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