In this classic mystery, murder strikes close to home. Lord Peter Wimsey's brother is accused of murdering the man who is about to marry their sister. The body has been found at Riddlesdale Lodge, the Wimsey family retreat. Lord Peter must solve the case and clear the family name. The Los Angeles Times called Sayers “one of the greatest mystery writers of the 20th century.” “First-rate… [A] marvelous reading.” – Chicago Sun-Times

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Obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy greeted Harriet Vane on her return to Oxford. A graduate of ten years before and now a successful novelist, this should have been a pleasant, nostalgic visit for her. She asks her lover, Lord Peter Wimsey, for help.

La noche de fin de año, Peter Wimsey sufre un accidente de coche y se ve obligado a pernoctar en Fenchurch St. Paul, donde el párroco de la aldea le ofrece alojamiento. Muchos de los aldeanos han enfermado a causa de una fuerte gripe, entre ellos el campanero, de modo que Wimsey se ofrece a cubrir su puesto esa noche.Meses después, fallece el marido de una de las víctimas de la epidemia. Durante el entierro, descubren un cadáver sin identificar y Wimsey se verá implicado en la investigación de este desconcertante hallazgo, que oculta mucho más de lo que en principio aparenta.Las historias de lord Wimsey se publicaron entre 1920 y 1940 y relatan las aventuras del hermano menor del duque de Denver, Peter Wimsey. En algún momento previo a las primeras novelas, Wimsey empezó a investigar crímenes como aficionado; ahora, la policía (especialmente el inspector Parker) valora su colaboración y lo considera un competente sabueso. Los nueve sastres es uno de los libros más conocidos de la serie de lord Peter.

Cuando Harriet Vane regresa a la Universidad de Oxford, encuentra a los profesores y alumnos de su college nerviosos por los extraños mensajes de un lunático. Con la ayuda de lord Peter Wimsey, Harriet empieza una investigación para desenmascarar al autor de las amenazas.Una novela de misterio, e incluso de terror, Los secretos de Oxford es también una obra sobre el papel de las mujeres en la sociedad contemporánea, una reflexión sobre la educación y una historia de amor entre dos mentes privilegiadas.Una de las mejores novelas de misterio del siglo XX y la obra maestra de Sayers, precursora de Patricia Highsmith, Iris Murdoch o A.S. Byatt.

Victor Dean falls to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency, and no one is sorry. That is until Lord Peter Wimsey joins the firm and asks some awkward questions. Finding himself involved in a web of blackmail and drugs, more must die before the sinister plot can be unravelled.

Lord Peter Wimsey becomes fascinated when bohemian Harriet Vane is accused of murdering her lover. He investigates further and finds himself falling in love with her as he visits her in prison and watches her in court. But can he save her from the gallows?

The only one of Sayers' twelve major crime novels not to feature Lord Peter Wimsey, her most famous detective character, written in collaboration with Robert Eustace. This is an epistolary novel, told primarily in the form of letters between some of the characters. This collection of documents — hence the novel's title — is explained as a dossier of evidence collected by the victim's son as part of his campaign to obtain justice for his father.

Dorothy L. Sayers published "The Wimsey Papers" in The Spectator in 1939 and 1940, purporting to be between characters from the Wimsey novels. Aside from their interest to fans of Sayers, who would like to know more about her characters and about her views on the war, they're also interesting pieces of social history — these must be one of the last few pieces of writing where the word 'propaganda' is used in a neutral meaning, for example.

"No sign of foul play". So concludes Dr Carr's post-mortem on Agatha Dawson, and the case is closed. But Lord Peter Wimsey is not satisfied and, with no clues to work on, begins his own investigation. No clues, that is, until the sudden and senseless murder of Agatha's maid.

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unsual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder — especially with a pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. What's more, the face appeared to have been shaved after death. The police assumed that the victim was a prominent financier, but Lord Peter Wimsey, who dabbled in mystery detection as a hobby, knew better. In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the ghastly mystery of the corpse in the bath.