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Dorothy L. Sayers

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  • Dorothy L. Sayers's fat, black-bound Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, "Busman's Honeymoon" was one of the first I remember being given.

    England, My England (Never Having Been There) Alan Bradley 2011

  • One of the most endearingly popular writers of that era was Dorothy L. Sayers, best known for her "Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries."

    'Lord Peter' Returns, And It's No Mystery Why 2010

  • Many of my favorites of long ago are still interesting to revisit but no longer provide "freshness": Dorothy L. Sayers, Sax Rohmer, Richard S. Prather, and the list could go on and on.

    Why James McClure's South African crime fiction is still fresh Peter Rozovsky 2010

  • I love reading mysteries, especially classics like Dorothy L. Sayers, and contemporary authors Ian Rankin and P. D. James.

    The Legacy Kirsten Tranter 2010

  • Mervyn Bunter is the gentleman's gentleman serving Lord Peter Wimsey in the stories by Dorothy L. Sayers.

    BUNTER BANTER Toby O'B 2010

  • But for the TV Universe, he endeared himself over here in America with his portrayal of Dorothy L. Sayers' detective Lord Peter Wimsey.

    THE HAT SQUAD: IAN CARMICHAEL Toby O'B 2010

  • Both Rumer Godden (in In This House of Brede) and Dorothy L. Sayers ( in Gaudy Night) have secondary characters who are writing long-researched scholarly books.

    BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Ways to Trash Your Writing Career: Delayed on Account of Research 2010

  • Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey fictional character is a bon vivant sleuth in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which he solves mysteries—usually but not always murders.

    A FEW DEATHS IN THE WIMSEY FAMILY Toby O'B 2010

  • I have a stack of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers I've been meaning to finish.

    Book Chick City Book Chick City 2009

  • Of course, I was brought up on the mysteries of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

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