Dorothy L. Sayers

Lord Peter is on vacation when he hears that a dead body has been found at the Wimsey family retreat, and that Lord Peter's brother, the Duke of Denver, is being held for the crime. The dead man? Their sister's fiancé. Lord Peter must clear his brother's name to avoid the death penalty. There is overwhelming circumstantial evidence against the Duke, but Lord Peter firmly believes that his brother is innocent and begins his own investigation into...

In his first murder case, Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the bizarre case of a corpse in the bathtub.

"The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club" by Dorothy L. Sayers is a classic detective novel featuring the suave and astute amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. The story unfolds at the Bellona Club, a genteel London club for retired military officers, where the peaceful atmosphere is shattered by the discovery of a death. General Fentiman is found dead in his armchair on Armistice Day, but what initially seems to be a natural death soon raises suspicions....

Three perplexing puzzles-and three inimitable Wimsey solutions-told with wit, humor, and suspense. Narrator Ian Carmichael, the quintessential Lord Peter, provides great entertainment with his talented performance of these three stories. In "Striding Folly," a frightening dream provides a haunting premonition. A house numbered thirteen is in a street of even numbers, and a dead man was never alive in "The Haunted Policeman." And "Talboys" sees Lord...