Strong Poison: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane by Dorothy L. Sayer

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The classic mystery that first featured Harriet Vane, companion sleuth to the dashing, perennially popular private investigator, Lord Peter Wimsey, from the mystery writer widely considered the greatest mystery novelist of the Golden Age--Dorothy L. Sayers.Featuring an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master, Strong Poison introduces Harriet Vane, a mystery writer who is accused of poisoning her fiancé and must now join forces with Lord Peter to escape a murder conviction and the hangman's noose.

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The classic mystery that first featured Harriet Vane, companion sleuth to the dashing, perennially popular private investigator Lord Peter Wimsey, from the writer widely considered the greatest mystery novelist of the Golden Age--Dorothy L. Sayers. Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fianc

Author Biography

Dorothy L. Sayers was born in 1893. She was one of the first women to be awarded a degree by Oxford University, and later she became a copywriter at an ad agency. In 1923 she published her first novel featuring the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey, who became one of the world's most popular fictional heroes. She died in 1957.

Review

"A model detective story. . . . fascinating." -- New York Times"Here is unquestionably a shining star in the mystery story firmament and the best of all the Lord peter Wimsey stories--until the next comes along." -- Saturday Review of Literature"The end of this story is as ingenious as any solution could be." -- Times Literary Supplement (London)

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"The end of this story is as ingenious as any solution could be."

Details ISBN0062196200 Author Dorothy L. Sayers Short Title STRONG POISON Language English ISBN-10 0062196200 ISBN-13 9780062196200 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Residence ENK Birth 1893 Death 1957 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-10-16 Subtitle A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane Pages 288 Series Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries with Harriet Vane Audience General UK Release Date 2012-10-16 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint Collins Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2012-10-16 Imprint US Harper Paperbacks Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this

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